Becoming an A-list star in Hollywood is one of the most difficult paths that a person can take. Landing even a single role in a movie or television show is hard enough, but to be able to reach the top of the industry is seemingly impossible for many. This is precisely why top stars are paid the big bucks.
Leonardo DiCaprio has been a movie star since the 90s, and over time, he has become one of the best actors of his era and has been able to make paychecks that would put most people to shame.
Let’s take a look and see which movies have made DiCaprio the most money!
He Made Over $50 Million For Inception
At this point in his career, Leonardo DiCaprio is simply adding to his legacy and increasing his net worth in the process. However, just because he has nothing left to accomplish does not mean that he is willing to sacrifice his massive salary for a project. Sure, a smaller checque to help production sometimes, but nothing too crazy.
For his work in the film Inception, DiCaprio would have a nice wrinkle in his contract that would allow him to collect on the film’s profits. Despite the movie being loaded with incredible talent, DiCaprio was still able to stand tall above the rest and make enough money to retire several people.
According to Men’s Health, DiCaprio was able to take home a staggering $50 million for his role in the hit film. The site reports that this included profits from box office revenue, as well as money from DVD and TV sales. Regardless of where it came from, $50 million is an unfathomable number for most, and it is wild to think that this is pretty minuscule when looking at what a few others have made for their biggest movies.
Even though DiCaprio has yet to achieve the same type of financial numbers with what he did for Inception, he has still had projects that have secured more than just the typical $20 million A-list price.
Titanic Netted Him Around $40 Million
The end of the 90s saw Leonardo DiCaprio become one of the biggest names on the planet after starring in the film Titanic. That movie was the highest-grossing film of all time until Avatar came along, and DiCaprio became a global sensation and an incredibly rich actor because of the film’s success.
Men’s Health reports that DiCaprio was paid a base salary of $2.5 million for his role in the film. However, he would make sure to pocket a chunk of the profits from the hit film, which took his pay to unprecedented heights at the time. Thanks to a 1.8% share of the profits, DiCaprio was able to land himself a $40 million payday, which is a ton of money, but still $10 million less than what he made for Inception.
To put things into perspective, this man made nearly $100 million for starring in just two movies. Actors can spend their entire lives in entertainment and come nowhere close to making that type of money. Then again, there is only one Leonardo DiCaprio, and movie studios are always willing to pay the big bucks for his abilities and his drawing power at the box office.
Even though Inception and Titanic are his biggest earners to date, you had better believe that DiCaprio has been banking on massive cheques from his projects for years, all of which have gone into making him an incredibly wealthy man.
He Regularly Pockets $20 Million
$20 million seems to be the magic number in Hollywood, as this is the typical salary for the industry's biggest stars. It could take years to reach this number, and more often than not, a performer will never come close to it, but the lucky few that do are stacking up checks left and right.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Leonardo DiCaprio has been able to land this type of payment multiple times in his career. He has earned this pay for movies like Catch Me If You Can, The Departed, The Aviator, and Blood Diamond. These movies were all successful in their own right, and DiCaprio was a huge reason why people were interested in seeing them in the first place.
Currently, DiCaprio has a number of projects on tap, and it will be interesting to see how much he makes from these movies. Don’t Look Up is currently filming, and projects like The Black Hand are in pre-production, according to IMDb.
Leonardo DiCaprio has made bank in his career, and we can only imagine how much his future movies will add to his net worth.