Harrison Ford is, without a doubt, one of the well-known movie stars alive today. Throughout his fifty-year career, he has starred in several major movie franchises, including Indiana Jones, Blade Runner, and, of course, Star Wars. He was also one of the most bankable film stars of his era, and his movies have grossed over $9 billion at the box office. Star Wars is the second most financially successful film franchise of all time, trailing only the Marvel Cinematic Universe. According to The Chicago Tribune, the fifteen films in the Star Wars have grossed a combined $10.32 billion at the box office worldwide.

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Harrison Ford’s character in Star Wars, Han Solo, has become one of the most beloved heroes in film history. Clearly, Harrison Ford had a huge role to play in the financial success of the Star Wars movies and the entire franchise that they spawned. But was he fairly compensated for his contributions? Here’s what we know about Harrison Ford’s total earnings from Star Wars.

9 Harrison Ford’s Total Net Worth 

Harrison Ford is certainly the richest of his Star Wars co-stars, with a net worth of around $300 million. However, the majority of that money came from projects other than Star Wars. His most lucrative paycheck came from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, for which he reportedly earned $65 million.

8 Which ‘Star Wars’ Movies Was Harrison Ford In?

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Harrison Ford originated the character of Han Solo in the first Star Wars film, which at the time was just called Star Wars and has since been retitled A New Hope. Han Solo was a main character in the next two films as well, titled The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi. Ford returned to the role of Han Solo more than thirty years later in The Force Awakens, in which he played a somewhat smaller supporting role. He also made a brief cameo in the most recent film, The Rise of Skywalker. Finally, Ford has played Han Solo in two other Star Wars properties: The Star Wars Holiday Special and Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

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7 ‘Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope’

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For his role in the original Star Wars movie, Harrison Ford was reportedly paid just $10,000. After adjusting for inflation, that would be worth more than $40,000 today. That’s a measly amount compared to the $775.8 million and Ford’s $300 million net worth, but at the time, it still must have represented a lot of money to Ford. Before being cast in Star Wars, he was still struggling to book roles.

6 ‘Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back’

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Harrison Ford received a massive pay raise for his role in The Empire Strikes Back, earning $100,000 for his work on the movie. While that is ten times what he earned for the first Star Wars film, and would be worth over $300,000 today after adjusting for inflation, it still seems like a low salary for one of the leading actors in a movie that made over $500 million at the box office.

5 ‘Star Wars: Episode VI - Return Of The Jedi’

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Once again, Harrison Ford earned himself a sizeable pay raise for the final movie in the original Star Wars trilogy. His salary for Return of the Jedi was reported to be $500,000, which is five times as much as he earned for The Empire Strikes Back. In today’s terms, that is worth well over a million dollars, which seems more in line with what we think of as a movie star’s salary.

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4 ‘Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens’

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Unsurprisingly, Harrison Ford received a massive paycheck to return to the Star Wars franchise in 2015 for The Force Awakens. His base salary for the movie was $15 million, and he also received a small percentage of the box-office earnings, which means he earned a total of $25 million to appear in the movie. $25 million sounds like a lot of money, but the film grossed $2.068 billion, so Ford’s take-home only represented about 1% of the film’s box office earnings. With the $25 million he earned from The Force Awakens, it's safe to say that Harrison Ford must be glad his character wasn't killed off at the end of Return of the Jedi, which is apparently what he originally wanted.

3 ‘Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise Of Skywalker’

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It’s unclear how much money Harrison Ford was paid to appear in The Rise of Skywalker, but it probably wasn’t all that much. He only appeared in a very small role, and originally, his character wasn’t intended to appear in the movie at all. Director J.J. Abrams asked Ford to act in the movie after Carrie Fisher’s death affected the story of the film. Ford presumably appeared in the movie as a favor for his former director and in honor of his former co-star, rather than for the financial compensation.

2 ‘The Star Wars Holiday Special’

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It’s unclear what Harrison Ford was paid to perform in The Star Wars Holiday Special, but it’s safe to say that it was not very much money. The special came out shortly after the original Star Wars film, for which Ford was paid only $10,000. Ford has since made it known that he did not enjoy working on the special and that he only did it because it was in his contract, so it’s clear that he did not strike a lucrative deal to appear in The Star Wars Holiday Special.

1 ‘Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

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Many video games have been produced based on Harrison Ford’s movies, but this is the first and only video game on which he has ever been credited as a voice actor. It is unknown exactly how much Ford was paid to appear in the game, but it is hard to imagine that the 73-year-old actor would have done his first video game without a hefty paycheck to go with it. It’s also possible that lending his voice to the video game was a stipulation of his contract for The Force Awakens, and so his salary for that movie might include what he was paid to act in the video game.

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