Robert Downey Jr. played Iron Man for over 10 years in the MCU. This is around the way much he was paid per Marvel film.
At the point when Marvel Studios faced a challenge on projecting Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark in 2008’s Iron Man, movie producers presumably didn’t expect the entertainer would turn out to be close to as well off as his personality. Notwithstanding, with the blockbuster progress of the Marvel Cinematic Universe came the brilliant ascent of Downey’s compensation bundle, in addition to back-end bargains.
Notwithstanding rehashed, unconfirmed bits of gossip, and the expectations of fans, Downey’s residency as Tony Stark finished in 2019, with the arrival of Avengers: Endgame. Thus, we glance back at how much the entertainer (and, presently, maker) has produced using every one of his nine appearances in the MCU.
IRON MAN (2008)
Downey was viewed as an unsafe speculation for various reasons: he wasn’t an activity star, he was essentially uninsurable because of his checkered past and was thought by quite a few people to be over the hill, bound to show up in sensationalist newspapers than on film screens. Be that as it may, maker Kevin Feige and chief Jon Favreau saw something in the entertainer and demanded he assume the part. Downey himself had confidence in the matchup, and consented to acknowledge a low compensation of $500,000, with an obscure cut of back-end benefits, for certain sources saying as high as 8%. There’s some sign this compensation, or the one he acquired for Iron Man 2, likewise shrouded his appearance in The Incredible Hulk.
The film was a hit past all assumptions and started off the Marvel Cinematic Universe appropriately, earning more than $585 million overall and raising Iron Man into the top level of superheroes. Regardless of whether Downey’s rate was a more common .05% of gross, that is sufficiently still to bring his complete take up to $2 million.
RUNNING TOTAL: $2 million
IRON MAN 2 (2010)
Downey had the option to haggle more cash for the blockbuster continuation, procuring a supposed $10 million, or more one more sweet back-end bargain. While the film was considered disappointing by pundits, Iron Man 2 earned somewhat a greater number of than its ancestor at roughly $623 million globally. With his profession authoritatively revitalized, Downey secured himself as a pillar of the MCU into the indefinite future.
RUNNING TOTAL: $12 million
MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS (2012)
At the point when Avengers moved around in 2012, Hulk, Thor and Captain America all had their own productive motion pictures, however Iron Man’s most memorable performance film was as yet the best-gotten basically of the bundle. Downey and Stark were two of the film’s anchors, and his $10 million compensation mirrored that. This $10 million turned into his base compensation for next a few movies. The Avengers demonstrated a shocking achievement, acquiring $1.5 billion overall and leaving different studios scrambling to attempt to copy the achievement Marvel Studios was seeing. Because of the massive progress of the film, back-end bargains wound up bringing Downey’s take up to$50 million.
RUNNING TOTAL: $72 million
IRON MAN 3 (2013)
Downey’s $10 million compensation/$50 million absolute stage went on for the third and last Iron Man film. However it disheartened a few in-your-face fans, the film was the most noteworthy netting Iron Man film, with a 1.2 billion dollar pull.
Despite the fact that he wouldn’t get an independent film once more, Iron Man unquestionably didn’t assume a lower priority, as he actually assumed a noticeable part in the universe after this point. What’s more, he was certainly remunerated likewise.
RUNNING TOTAL: $122 million
Vindicators: AGE OF ULTRON (2015)
Time of Ultron acquired an expected $1.4 billion bucks, making it the most minimal netting of the Avengers films. Be that as it may, gauges put Downey’s income as somewhere close to $50 million and $80 million. Tony Stark might have been carelessly jeopardizing the world, yet Robert Downey Jr. had never been a more secure bet.
RUNNING TOTAL: $172 million – $202 million
Commander AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (2016)
Nationwide conflict was another blockbuster, earning $1.15 billion around the world, almost beating the most elevated netting Iron Man. Downey made around $50 million to play Captain America’s foe. In any case, that is excluding benefit sharing, back-end and a $5 million reward for outperforming the past Captain America’s film industry. That puts his take somewhat short of $64 million.
As a note, scenes from Civil War were reused for Spider-Man: Far From Home, and it’s not thoroughly clear right now what, regardless, Downey was paid for that.
RUNNING TOTAL: $236 million – $266 million
Bug MAN: HOMECOMING (2017)
Bug Man is quite possibly of the most all around perceived character on the planet, and Homecoming addressed Peter Parker’s most memorable performance experience under the Disney pennant. The actual film made areas of strength for 1,000,000 across the globe, yet Downey wound up making out the best. Downey made basically 1,000,000 bucks for every one of those minutes for roughly 10 minutes of screentime, putting his income on the film between $10 million and $15 million.
RUNNING TOTAL: $246 million – $281 million
Justice fighters: INFINITY WAR (2018)
Limitlessness War addressed the initial segment in the perfection of the MCU up until this point, which Downey had assisted send off with the progress of Iron Man. The film wound up acquiring more than $2 billion at the overall film industry, netting Downey no less than $75 million.
RUNNING TOTAL: $321 million – $356 million
Vindicators: ENDGAME (2019)
Many went into Endgame figuring it’d be Downey’s last appearance as Iron Man, and they were unavoidably legitimized. In spite of the fact that Tony Stark couldn’t take it with him, Downey’s last MCU check procured him around $75 million, with the reputed 8% back-end bargain acquiring him an extra $55 million for this film alone. As Endgame is still in theaters, its complete take could change a little, however film is near turning into the most elevated netting film ever, barely short of $2.8 billion.
RUNNING TOTAL: $396 million – $435 million
Taking into account exactly how much cash Downey’s films wound up piling up, he was likely worth that underlying $500,000 store, having proceeded to acquire more himself than Iron Man did over its whole homegrown run in the cinematic world.
