Highest Paid Celebrities Per Word Spoken On Screen Revealed!

2. Kurt Russell

Earns $5,682 per word spoken in every film.

1. Tom Cruise

Earns $7,091 per word spoken in every film.

Casumo, who conducted this study, is explaining, “Over the course of his career, Tom Cruise has earned $7,091 for every word he’s spoken onscreen. Cruise has earned a percentage of profits for each of the Mission Impossible installments, netting him over $200m in total. As for the highest-paid actress, Cameron Diaz took a comparatively meager $1m upfront salary for Bad Teacher in exchange for a percentage of the film’s profits – a decision that awarded her $42m.”