Daniel Craig Leads List of Highest Movie Star Salaries

Thu 19 Aug 2021 | 03:39 PM

Yara Sameh

English actor Daniel Craig topped Wednesday Variety's list of the biggest movie star salaries with $100 million.

The list features 17 of the highest recent film star salaries and includes other A-listers such as Dwayne Johnson, Will Smith, and Denzel Washington earning sky-high payments in the mid-eight-figures.

Meanwhile, Jennifer Lawrence and Julia Roberts tied for the highest-paid female actresses.

In March, Craig was paid $100 million to return for "Knives Out" sequels that will premiere on Netflix while Johnson inked a $50 million deal to produce and star in Amazon's action movie "Red One".

This comes after the “Skyfall” actor shared that he will not leave an inheritance to his children because he finds the practice distasteful.

Variety‘s complete list can be seen below:

Daniel Craig, Knives Out sequels (Netflix) - $100 million

Dwayne Johnson, Red One (Amazon) - $50 million

Will Smith, King Richard (WB/HBO Max) - $40 million

Denzel Washington, The Little Things (WB/HBO Max) - $40 million

Leonardo DiCaprio, Don't Look Up (Netflix) - $30 million

Mark Wahlberg, Spenser Confidential (Netflix) - $30 million

Jennifer Lawrence, Don't Look Up (Netflix) - $25 million

Julia Roberts, Leave the World Behind (Netflix) - $25 million

Sandra Bullock, The Lost City of D (Paramount) - $20 million

Ryan Gosling, The Gray Man (Netflix) - $20 million