Being a key piece of the UCM, the renowned American actor Robert Downey Jr, became one of the members of this franchise to earn a large sum of money thanks to the great work he did playing one of the most iconic characters.
Undoubtedly until the release of Avengers Endgame, Robert Downey Jr was one of the pillars of Marvel playing Tony Stark who wearing his armor became Iron Man.
The great fortune that the actor collected began with ‘Iron Man’ in 2008, becoming one of the most successful films of the Marvel franchise and that today is known as a classic, Robert only charged 500 thousand dollars, however, he raised his pay 2 million dollars for some percentages of profit.
From there he went on to ‘Iron Man 2‘ where the actor made a deal for a better economic agreement for which he would charge 10 million dollars, reaching 12 million dollars for a small cameo in the movie ‘The Incredible Hulk‘.
By 2012 his earnings were approximately 50 million dollars thanks to the agreements he had with the Avengers saga making him the highest paid actor of that year.
Although in 2013 ‘Iron Man 3‘ was released, being this the last most criticized saga of the Iron Man, however, this did not affect his budget, because for it the actor received a salary of approximately 60 million dollars.
Likewise, Robert Downey Jr. starred in ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron‘, which grossed 1.4 billion dollars, and Robert’s salary was estimated at between 50 and 80 million dollars.
In addition to his major starring role in ‘Captain America: Civil War‘, it is known that the American actor was paid around 50 million dollars that ended up becoming 64 million dollars for the profits collected from the movie and other clauses.
The character of Tony Stark would reappear in ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming‘, where his work lasted approximately 10 minutes and he was paid between 10 and 15 million dollars, that is, one million dollars per minute on screen.
For the last two projects of the Marvel Cinematic Universe such as ‘Avengers: Infinity War‘ and ‘Avengers Endgame‘, Robert Downey Jr represented a key point in the plot that built his character for years, and it is considered that he charged at least 75 million dollars for each film, and then added $55 million more for each of them thanks to agreements in his contract.
It’s no secret that his great run at Marvel left a mark on this renowned franchise and although he may not make another appearance, the actor walked away with between $396 million and $435 million, making him one of the highest paid actors in history.
