The Avengers

[buster_broon]

Scarlett is still a big ish name in her own right

but dont see why there is a gulf in the money paid to each actor - RDJ might be the top draw but he isnt 15 x better than the others

all i can guess is maybe he got 10 and has film percentage rights written into his contract for playing Iron Man

**edit**
should have read the article first lol

[rmoxon]

How much did the Avengers themselves earn?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/9270541/Avengers-Assemble-Robert-Downey-Jr-to-pocket-50-million-payday-as-Iron-Man.html

Robert Downey Jr - $50 million
Chris Evans - $2-3 million
Chris Hemsworth - $2-3 million
Jeremy Renner - $2-3 million
Mark Ruffalo - $2-3 million
Samuel L Jackson - $5-6 million
Scarlett Johansson - $5-6 million

I can only assume Scarlett is knocking off with one of the execs to warrant her getting more than the leads.

She was a main character.

http://geektyrant.com/news/2012/5/10/how-much-screen-time-did-each-of-the-avengers-get.html

She was third in the list of characters and the amount of screen time they had.

Its weirder that Chris Evans had the most screen time and got paid the least amount.

[bash]

The middle guys are not AAA celebs though, they would struggle to sell a movie on their own. Renner arguably could with all the exposure he's had recently but I dont see any boys/girls rushing to see a movie starring Evans, Hemsworth or Ruffalo on their own. The same can not be said for RDJ, SL Jackson and Sca-Jo.

[Neon Ignition]

That's why I was a little surprised. Looking at Johansson's filmography I wouldn't consider her AAA either... fit though

[Dogg Thang]

It's not just their value alone but also their value in this movie. The Avengers would have been much easier to make without Renner or Johansson than it would have been without Evans or Hemsworth. Sure, they could have replaced them like they did with Norton but Captain America and Thor were real winners for Marvel and set up the Avengers. It would have been severely weakened if they'd had to replace the Captain or Thor at this stage. I would have thought that worth paying for, certainly more than Renner or Johansson.

[bash]

Yeah, but these mo-fos get tied into 3-5 movie picture deals which probably effect their fees too.

[rmoxon]

Hasn't Renners biggest starring role so far been the Oscar winning best picture thats most famous for the fact that no one actually bothered to watch it?

He's usually in supporting roles.

At least Scarllet Johanson has actually starred in films previously. I'm pretty sure she's more famous than he is. I would guess if you went out and did a survey a lot more people have heard of her than him anyway.

Also Hemmsworth is absolubtley massive right now, when the new snow white film hits he will be starring in 3 popular films currently on release.

[Neon Ignition]

I expect Hemsworth's earnings to sky rocket, he's on course to be massive

[randombs]

I had to Google Renner, so that definitely justifies his fee.

I do feel silly for having to Google him, though, seeing as I know who he is from Hurt Lock-that film that nobody saw, and not least because I could've figured it out by just looking at the list and eliminating the rest.

Sorry, Jez!

[buster_broon]

he does have a small part in Thor as the same character and he is a pretty awesome 'Analyst' in Ghost Protocol

[Adam Stone]

I love how no one has mentioned this:

Robert Downey Jr - $50 million

I love him, very much indeed. But really? Ten Million would be a lot compared to the others, 20 even..... but 50?! wow

[rmoxon]

I love how no one has mentioned this:

Robert Downey Jr - $50 million

I love him, very much indeed. But really? Ten Million would be a lot compared to the others, 20 even..... but 50?! wow

To be fair I think Buster Broon did actually already mention it, but then he read the article.

If you look its actually part of his Iron Man deal that he gets a percentage of all the films profits, and Avengers has has now made well over a billion dollars, which is why he got paid so much.

[Adam Stone]

Ah fair dos and rightly pointed out. That slipped under my nose, thanking you

[Colin]

Finally went to see this at the weekend, nice to finally see a Marvel film that was genuinely enjoyable as I hadn't enjoyed any of the ones i've seen apart from iron man. Bit of a slow starter, but once it was going it was great and felt 'big', some nice laughs too. I'll definitely give it another viewing when it comes out on bluray.

[bash]

I expect Hemsworth's earnings to sky rocket, he's on course to be massive

Agreed, not this instant but this time next year he'll be an established celeb. Its a shame he's so wooden, his best role was Kirks dad!