How much do actors make per movie? (2024)

Actors make a wide range of different amounts of money per movie, depending on whether they are considered an A-list star and several other factors. A-list movie stars average between $15 million to $20 million per movie, and some are paid even more.

This also comes down to their contracts with each specific film, and whether or not they receive "points" on the back-end of the film. Points come into play when a movie grosses a certain amount of money, the actor may receive extra profits when this happens.

Big-budget films with large ensemble A-list casts pay the actors involved somewhere in the range of $1.5 million to $4.5 million each, in addition to any points they may receive on the back end.

Actors that begin their careers in movies, and ones that are part of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), average around $45, 579 per year. SAG also institutes actors' minimum wages that must be paid to them when they sign on to do a movie.