You'll Never Believe How Much Robert Downey Jr. Was Paid For AGE OF ULTRON And CIVIL WAR

You'll Never Believe How Much Robert Downey Jr. Was Paid For AGE OF ULTRON And CIVIL WAR

You might recall that Robert Downey Jr. signed a new deal with Marvel a few years back for Avengers: Age of Ultron and a third Avengers movie, but that had to be reconfigured when he joined the cast of Captain America: Civil War. Hit the jump to find out just much he's been paid...

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By JoshWilding - Jul 06, 2015 04:07 PM EST
Source: Forbes (via IGN)
When it was revealed that Robert Downey Jr. had joined the cast of Captain America: Civil War, Variety mentioned that frugal Marvel CEO Isaac Perlmutter very nearly stopped it from happening because of how costly the actor's new contract was. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige managed to smooth things over thankfully, and his place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe moving forwards has been reconfigured. Thanks to Forbes, we now know exactly how much that was for! 

Naming the actor the eighth highest paid celebrity of 2015, Downey Jr. took home a whopping $80 million for Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War (likely meaning he was paid $40 million for each). That's considerably more than his co-stars, but as he's considered a huge box office draw, that makes sense. You have to believe that Marvel are expecting Civil War to gross upwards of over $1 billion thanks to his involvement, and chances are it definitely will...
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ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 7/6/2015, 4:12 PM
This man is going to buy his own country at some point...
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 7/6/2015, 4:12 PM
Damn, and he's 8th! Who was #1, who was the highest paid celebrity?
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 7/6/2015, 4:13 PM
Same @MrSotoMan

So RDJ gets paid $40 million for Captain America 3. Wonder how much I don't know, CAPTAIN AMERICA will be getting paid?
TheBeard
TheBeard - 7/6/2015, 4:14 PM
Floyd Mayweather is number one according to Forbes.com.
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 7/6/2015, 4:14 PM
How much did he make on the first Iron Man?
vondoom29
vondoom29 - 7/6/2015, 4:15 PM
#sourgrapespolice 😂😂😂
dubjon
dubjon - 7/6/2015, 4:15 PM

blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 7/6/2015, 4:16 PM
"LOL at poor people" - RDJ
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 7/6/2015, 4:16 PM
Damn, Floyd is Money

Floyd got 300 million

http://www.forbes.com/celebrities/list/#tab:overall
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 7/6/2015, 4:16 PM
@ALegendaryPanda

$500,000.

Terrance Howard was paid 10 million and Marvel Studios wanted to pay him less for IM2.
Desr0w
Desr0w - 7/6/2015, 4:16 PM
We're talking about RDJ here, for once I believe it.
Wannabe
Wannabe - 7/6/2015, 4:18 PM
I love how the mention of RDJ makes people here severely insecure.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 7/6/2015, 4:18 PM
@Amazing512

RDJ has little drawing power outside of Marvel. Look at the Judge. Only made 83.7 million with RDJ as the lead. Not that big.
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 7/6/2015, 4:18 PM
@LEVITIKUZ

Damn...
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 7/6/2015, 4:18 PM
RDJ should start co-financing/producing some better movies now, not including THE JUDGE.
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 7/6/2015, 4:20 PM
@LEVITIKUZ That's how it is nowadays unless you're Tom Cruise or Leonardo DiCaprio; the brand is stronger than the stars. Even Will Smith struggled to get audiences going for FOCUS. Not sure if Bradley Cooper has reached the Cruise/DiCaprio tier despite the success of AMERICAN SNIPER.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 7/6/2015, 4:21 PM
RDJ be like
FrozenDiamondz
FrozenDiamondz - 7/6/2015, 4:23 PM
Meanwhile Chris Evans: $1 mill

lmao
JasonBlue
JasonBlue - 7/6/2015, 4:23 PM
As far as I know... Chris Evans and Hemsworth each earned $500,000 for Avengers

No wonder Evans isn't too interested in renewing his contract.
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 7/6/2015, 4:23 PM
@TheRandomOne

Both Sherlock movies made bank
TheRedCondom
TheRedCondom - 7/6/2015, 4:23 PM
Homie be stacking! But Downey better be careful, Marvel might find a bigger attraction in the future, I'm thinking Chris Pratt, Benedict Cumberbatch, or Spider-man, and try to minimize his appearances.
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