Downey Jr. who played Lewis Strauss, a naval officer who served two terms on the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) earned $4 million while Murphy took home $10 million.
Whereas the A-list leads of Oppenheimer could have demanded $10 million to $20 million on the open market, they reportedly elected to earn only $4 million apiece for the “privilege of working with Nolan,” Variety reported.
How much is Cillian Murphy getting paid for Oppenheimer?
How much was Cillian Murphy paid for his role in Oppenheimer? Although unconfirmed, multiple reports online claim that Murphy earned $10million (£7.7million) from the film.
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Who was the highest paid actor in the movie Oppenheimer?
According to TheRichest.com, Cillian Murphy was paid an amount of $10 million (approximately Rs 82 crore) for playing the lead of J. Robert Oppenheimer in the movie, which is more than Robert Downey Jr. and Matt Damon, who took a pay cut to be a part of the Nolan directorial.
Oppenheimer, the phenomenally successful and critically acclaimed dramatic thriller from Christopher Nolan, has achieved a new record milestone in US theatrical history, as it is poised surpass 2016's Sing to become the highest-grossing domestic movie of all time to never reach the top spot at the box office.
How much did Matt Damon get paid for Oppenheimer movie?
According to a Variety report, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, and Robert Downey Jr. each received $4 million for their roles in Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. Well, also note that this is just a fraction of their usual salary.
With the recent success of legendary director Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, the question of pay rose among fans and followers as details about the film's production emerged. Damon, who portrayed Gen. Leslie Groves in the film, has been reportedly paid a sum of $3 million for his role.
Produced on a reported budget of $100 million, Oppenheimer has been massively profitable for Universal, considering that it broke even when it passed the $400 million mark worldwide — itself an unusually high benchmark, considering its budget.
After he became Iron Man, he abandoned the weapons business that increased his wealth. Stark bankrolled the Avengers after joining the team and generally tried to do as much good with his money as possible.
According to Forbes Magazine, she has earned a whopping $19 million for her role as Pepper Potts, Tony Starks partner. Apart from this, she has made $10 million from View From The Top and $750,000 for her Oscar-winning performance in Shakespeare in Love.
What was Robert Oppenheimer's net worth? Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist who had a net worth of $1 million at the time of his death in 1967. That's the same as around $9 million today, after adjusting for inflation.
In the 1980s and 1990s, De Niro became one of the highest-paid actors of his time, earning over $100,000 even for supporting actor roles. By the 2000s, he was earning millions for his roles, averaging around $14 million per film.
As his career has progressed Chris Pratt can command $1.5 million per movie and as much as $20 million for his appearance in Avengers: Infinity War. He also became one of the highest paid actors on TV in 2021 earning $1.4m per episode of Amazon's The Terminal List.
The film grossed over $913 million worldwide on a $100 million production budget, becoming the third-highest-grossing film of 2023, the highest-grossing World War II-related film of all time, the highest-grossing biographical film of all time, and the second-highest-grossing R-rated film of all time.
Affleck's earnings per movie vary by box office performance, as well as how involved he is (i.e., whether he is just starring in a film or whether he's also credited as a writer, director or producer). That said, he reportedly nets at least $10 million upfront per project.
Tom Cruise has an estimated net worth of $600 million as of 2023, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Cruise's Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One hit theaters on July 12, and earned close to $16 million at the box office on opening day.
After hitting $912 million in ticket sales at the global box office this past weekend, writer-director Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer (currently playing in theaters everywhere) is now the highest-grossing biopic of all time.
With a worldwide box-office gross of over $2.9 billion, Avatar is proclaimed to be the "highest-grossing" film, but such claims usually refer to theatrical revenues only and do not take into account home video and television income, which can form a significant portion of a film's earnings.
Christopher Nolan's dark historical epic “Oppenheimer” has crossed another remarkable box office milestone with $850 million in global ticket sales. The movie, starring Cillian Murphy as the so-called “father of the atomic bomb,” has generated $311 million in North America and $542.7 million internationally to date.
