Hollywood stars pay revealed

In the past decade many of the Hollywood studios are going for the budget cuts. They are opting for the definite squeeze in the actors’ payrolls. Even in this economy some stars are raking in the millions cashing in their charisma. Recently “Hollywood reporter” citied some big names with big payrolls. Here are the top 10 earners in the Hollywood.

1. Robert Downey Jr.

RDJ's 5 to 7 percent first-dollar slice of the $1.22 billion-grossing Iron Man 3 was again worth around $50 million; for non-Tony Stark roles he makes closer to $15 million. The past year he's gotten paid for shooting The Judge and a little movie called Avengers: Age of Ultron -- and he's due for another jackpot when the backend on the latter comes in.

2. Dwayne Johnson

Hollywood's go-to action star got $12 million to make Hercules but nowadays usually commands up to $15 million for pics in his wheelhouse, like the upcoming San Andreas and Fast & Furious 7. That's what happened with Fast & Furious 6 and G.I. Joe: Retaliation, which grossed $789 million and $372 million worldwide, respectively. For Pain & Gain, Johnson, director Michael Bay and co-star Mark Wahlberg all forwent salaries in exchange for back-end deals; the passion project went on to gross four-times its $26 million budget, thanks in part to Johnson's global appeal.

3. Leonardo DiCaprio

The veteran A-lister is one of the few in Hollywood to still regularly draw $20 million (as he did for The Great Gatsby) or more ($25 million for The Wolf of Wall Street).

4. Liam Neeson

The surprise ass-kicker can pull in eight figures for his particular set of skills, especially for the franchise that started it all ($20 million for the third Taken film, Tak3n). The past year saw the releases of the similarly-themed Non-Stop and A Walk Among the Tombstones, plus Neeson's backend balance on Taken 2, which grossed $374 million worldwide.

5. Bradley Cooper

He and his Hangover co-stars got $15 million for the franchise's finale; for live-action studio stand-alones like American Sniper, he's more of a $10 million man. Since last summer he's also been rewarded for the box-office success of prestige pics American Hustle and Silver Linings Playbook, and for filming Cameron Crowe's upcoming rom-com.

6.Sandra Bullock

Bullock's Gravity deal would make even her male counterparts drop their jaws in envy: $20 million upfront, plus a whopping 15% of the first-dollar gross for the movie that went on to make $716 million worldwide. She also reportedly made $10 million from last summer's hot buddy-cop comedy The Heat.

7. Jennifer Lawrence

Katniss Everdeen won a raise from $500,000 upfront to $10 million between the first two Hunger Games – that figure is a combination of salary, bonus and escalators, and doesn’t include the next two installments that she shot in the past year.

9. Scarlett Johansson

Sources estimate Johansson's advance for Avengers: Age of Ultron was in the high seven figures, but look for her to crack eight as the $395 million-grossing Lucy proved her solo-action-star bona fides.

10. Jennifer Aniston

Aniston makes as much off endorsements such as Aveeno and Smartwater as she does off of comedies (like the upcoming Horrible Bosses 2), which she gets $5 million upfront for per picture. The key is in how her deals are structured on the backend, which can yield eight-figure paydays when they do as well as last summer's We're the Millers ($150 million domestic, $269 million worldwide).