When it was revealed that Robert Downey Jr. had joined the cast of Captain America: Civil War, Variety mentioned that frugal Marvel CEO Isaac Perlmutter very nearly stopped it from happening because of how costly the actor's new contract was. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige managed to smooth things over thankfully, and his place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe moving forwards has been reconfigured. Thanks to Forbes, we now know exactly how much that was for!
Naming the actor the eighth highest paid celebrity of 2015, Downey Jr. took home a whopping $80 million for Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War (likely meaning he was paid $40 million for each). That's considerably more than his co-stars, but as he's considered a huge box office draw, that makes sense. You have to believe that Marvel are expecting Civil War to gross upwards of over $1 billion thanks to his involvement, and chances are it definitely will...
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