Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson — $20M Per Identical Role

Dwayne Johnson earns $22.5 million for Red One, $22 million for Black Adam, and $20 million per Fast & Furious film—all playing the same smirking, eyebrow-raising, impossibly jacked good guy. Red One underperformed at $180 million against a $250 million budget, and Black Adam lost an estimated $100 million, yet studios keep paying because his 395 million Instagram followers guarantee a global marketing reach that no other actor can match. Compared to Robert Downey Jr.'s $75 million for Avengers: Endgame—which paid off with a $2.8 billion gross—The Rock's per-film earnings of $20 million are lower, but he earns that sum for roles requiring even less character depth. The Rock's films don't need to be good; they just need to exist on a poster with his arms crossed.