Even more impressive, early reports suggest that Downey could make roughly $200 million for his appearances in the two-part Avengers Infinity Warseries. That puts Downey's 2015 salary above all but one American CEO, according to a Forbes top-10 list of highest paid executives. In 2015, Variety estimated that Downey brought in somewhere in the neighborhood of $80 million before taxes. 2015 follow up Avengers: Age of Ultron saw Downey paid roughly $40 million, and donning the Iron Man suit for 2016's Captain America: Civil Warwill reportedly pay $40 million in addition to a percentage of the film's box office if ticket sales clear a designated amount. Series follow-up Iron Man 2reportedly saw the actor command $10 million in pay, and his compensation continued to expand rapidly in subsequent Marvel films.įor headlining Disney's 2012 superhero tentpole The Avengers, Downey earned roughly $50 million. However, Marvel and director John Favreau were still taking a chance in casting the actor, and he was reportedly paid just $500,000 for his first turn as Tony Stark. He continued to find success on the screen, but a rash of personal and legal troubles sidelined the actor's career.Īfter years of speculation that legal troubles and struggles with addiction would make it impossible to mount a big screen comeback, and studios reportedly unwilling to front the expensive cost of insuring the actor during production, Downey was helped by friend Mel Gibson who footed the insurance cost for the actor to star in The Singing Detectivein 2003- a role that would kick off the actor's comeback initiative.Ģ008's Iron Mansolidified Downey's comeback effort, and put him on track to earning record industry pay.
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The son of an actor, Downey had his first movie role in one of his father's films at age five, and went on to star in a number of small roles before breakout features in 1985's Weird Scienceand 1987's Less Than Zero.
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