Tom Cruise | $600 Million

When Tom Cruise started his acting career in the ‘80s, he quickly rose to prominence with his breakthrough roles in Risky Business and Top Gun. His fame continued, and he even started to receive critical acclaim through his movies The Color of Money, Rain Man and Born on the Fourth of July.

Tom managed to maintain his being a shining star until today. He remains one of the highest-paid actors in the world and one of the highest-grossing box office stars of all time. He could earn as much as $100 million in a single movie, as he did in Mission Impossible 2 and War of the Worlds, thanks to lucrative backend points. From 1983 to 2011, he earned about $445 million in movie salaries alone, but in just a span of eight years—2011 to 2019—he already got about $300 million. Don’t be surprised if you’ll know Tom is now worth $600 million, which is a lot of investment money to make more movies.