anywhere between 14,000-100,000,000
No, they have to pay an actor before the film even gets to the movie theater. And there is no way of predicting if the film will do well. It takes about two years or more from writing the screenplay to selling the screenplay to pre-production to production to post-production to release. Some films never make it to release, either.
That said, they hire big name stars to play the lead, hoping the name will bring in the audience to help the film make several million at the box office!
If you're asking about motion pictures that have big production companies, i.e. Universal, Tri-Star, Dreamworks -- to name a few; behind them. Then, the money runs like this.
CELEBRITY ACTOR: $25,000,000 (twenty-five million)
CELEBRITY ACTRESS: $20,000,000 (twenty million)
LEAD ACTOR/ACTRESS (non-famous): $30,000 to $500,000
CO-STAR (non-famous): $20,000 - $500,000
SAG [Screen Actors Guild] BACKGROUND [Extra] ACTORs: $100 PER DAY
NON-SAG BACKGROUND ACTORs: $50.00 - $100 PER DAY
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Well, there are not only loads of actors that make millions. but who seems the make the most amount of money would be Adam Sandler.
a lot of money
how much does the turtleman make per episode
the movie sucked so i expect, it didn't make alot of money.
they make about 20 grand a year