How much do actors and actresses get paid to star in films?

Question:I need a rough estimate of how much they get paid for a group movie project that I am doing in school.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I need a rough estimate of how much they get paid for a group movie project that I am doing in school.

The amounts vary widely by the stars "draw power." It may be as little as a few hundred thousand dollars for an unknown to several million for a big name star. Several get $10 million per movie.

Between 20 to 30 million.

it matters what you do if your the main person and if the the movie get 500 million dollars you will get about 150 million dollars so

well lets look at actor keanu reeves and his work with the matrix trilogy.

The Matrix Revolutions: $15,000,000 + 15% of the gross
The Matrix Reloaded: $15,000,000 + 15% of the gross
The Matrix (1999): $10,000,000 + 10% of the gross

so $40 mill for the rate alone plus

1. $45.6 mill
2. $110.4 mill
3. $63.3 mill

for a total of.......

$259 million.

can you believe that!?! not bad for 4 years work.

i did three episodes of australian soap 'home and away' for $150.

you can see there is a little tidy bit of inequality in the industry.

so there is a great range of rates which depends on where you work and what you'll agree on. if its for a school you;ll be lucky if you have your lunch covered let alone a pay cheque.

good luck!

As people have said, it really depends on who it is and what their agent negotiates for them.

The biggest stars make tens of millions of dollars for a film (plus whatever amount of gross they negotiate).