Robert Downey Jr., who suffered from drug addiction, succeeded in making a career comeback with the role of superhero billionaire Tony Stark, or Iron Man.
Recently, the impressive payment earned by Robert Downey Jr. while working for Marvel was revealed and became a hot topic.
In particular, according to the British media outlet Daily Mail on March 1st (local time), Robert Downey Jr., whose career was “resurrected” after playing Iron Man, a key character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), earned a jaw-dropping fortune from his appearance in this franchise.
In particular, Robert is known to have a net worth of 365 million USD as of 2023.
Prior to Marvel, the actor was considered a troublemaker due to serious drug addiction, even getting himself fired from a project because of drugs.
Afterwards, Robert Downey Jr. underwent a drug treatment program in according with court orders, and has remained clean and sober ever since.
Then, when news of the actor starring in the movie “Iron Man” was first heard, most comics fans expected the film to fail. At the time, “Iron Man” was not a hugely popular character, and Robert just got out of his drug addiction. Thus, the actor received just 2.5 million USD for his appearance in ‘Iron Man’.
However, “Iron Man” became a huge success, earning a whopping 585 million USD, while Robert Downey Jr. earned critical acclaim.
Four years later, Robert earned more than $50 million for the first Avengers film and took part of the film’s 1.5 billion USD in box office profits, turning him into Hollywood’s highest paid actor in 2013.
Then, the actor was paid 75 million USD in 2 years, after appearing in “Iron Man 3” and “Avengers: Age Of Ultron”.
In 2016, he appeared in “Captain America: Civil War” and earned about 33 million USD. In 2017, he played the role of Tony Stark again in “Spiderman: Homecoming”, and was paid 48 million USD.
Robert’s wages continued to rise with his appearance in “Avengers: Infinity War” in 2018, as he received a whopping 81 million USD in appearance fee and took part of the movie’s box office profits of 2 billion USD.
Finally, for his last work as Tony Stark, “Avengers: Endgame”, received 20 million dollars as a basic salary. He also received an additional 55 million USD, as the movie went on to earn 2.8 billion USD in box office sales.
So far, Robert Downey Jr. is known to have earned $435 million from MCU appearances alone, shocking a lot of his fans.
It is also known that alongside Marvel movies, the actor also appeared in two “Sherlock Holmes” films, as well as “Dolittle”. He will also star in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” later in 2023.
Source: Daily Mail
