Top-earning actor
Marlon Brando
$19,000,000
Superman: $3.7M + 11.75% of the grossDeal
About $93.8 million in 2025 dollars
About 12 minutes on screen as Jor-El paid $3.7 million up front; his share of the gross brought it to about $19 million. Christopher Reeve got $250,000.
