Robert Downey Jr played Iron Man for almost a decade in MCU. We have experienced so many Marvel Flicks and crossovers because of him. When he was cast as Iron Man, Kevin Feige took a gamble on casting him; because of his background history, no one in Hollywood wanted to work with him. But Now, he is one of the highest-paid stars in Hollywood. But do you know how much he paid for his character portrayal from Iron Man (2008) to Avengers Endgame (2019)?
Iron Man
For his first movie in MCU, he was paid $500000. This also covered up for his cameo in The Incredible Hulk (2008). On the other hand, Terrence Howard was paid $3.5 Million since he was a giant star than RDJ at the time.
Iron Man 2
After much success with Iron Man, RDJ was paid $10 Million for the second part. Terrence Howard was expected to make $8 million for Iron Man 2, a significant increase over the $4.5 million he got for the original film. But he says RDJ got him fired and took his money for the second movie.
The Avengers
RDJ was paid 50 million dollars for the first Avengers movies, While Samuel L. Jackson & Scarlett Johansson got paid $6 Million, and Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo & Chris Hemsworth were paid $2-3 Million.
Iron Man 3
For the third part of Iron Man, he was paid $50 Million, though it closed the doors for his solo Iron Man movies.
Avengers: Age of Ultron
For the Avengers: Age of Ultron, he was paid $60 Million, Scarlett Johansson made $20 Million, Chris Evans made $6.9 Million, Jeremy Renner made $6.1 Million, and Chris Hemsworth made $5.4 Million, and Mark Ruffalo made $2.8 Million.
Captain America: Civil War
For Captain America: Civil War, he was paid $64 Million, while his costars were paid the same as in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Spider-Man: Homecoming
For approximately 10 minutes of screentime, he was Paid $15 Million.
Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame
For both the Final Avengers movies, he was paid $150Million, $75 for each. At the same time, Scarlett Johansson made $20 Million, Chris Evans made $8 Million, Jeremy Renner made $6.1 Million, Chris Hemsworth made $12 Million, Mark Ruffalo made $5.6 Million, Chadwick Boseman made $2-3 Million, Benedict Cumberbatch made $5 Million, and Tom Hiddleston made $8 Million.
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