These Are The Highest-Paid Film and Television Roles Of All Time

Tom Cruise, $100 Million

Tom Cruise earned the highest salary of his career with War of the Worlds. He opted out of receiving an upfront salary for the 2005 film and chose to take a percentage of the proceeds instead. Not only was that film high-action and intense, but it was one of the 2000's most iconic alien invasion films.

Will Smith, $100 Million

Men In Black 3 was just another wildly popular installment of Will Smith's alien spy franchise. In 2012, he took him an enormous paycheck for $100 million. The series wasn't even over at that point, with a fourth film following shortly after.

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The More You Know

  • Only three films have won “The Big Five” Oscars
  • The first film to feature a fully naked woman appeared in 1915
  • While filming Rocky IV, Dolph Lundgren punched Sylvester Stallone's chest so hard, his heart slammed against his breastbone, causing it to swell and his systolic blood pressure shot to over 200. Filming was halted as Stallone was flown to a nearby hospital and spent eight days in intensive care.
  • Quentin Tarantino wants to stop making movies after his 10th film. The Hateful Eight was his 8th film.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.