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Franchises and Tequila · 2010s

2013

Robert Downey Jr.

Top-earning actor

Robert Downey Jr.

$75,000,000

ForbesReported

About $104 million in 2025 dollars

His share of The Avengers, the biggest film of 2012.

The pictures that paid

Angelina Jolie

Top-earning actress

Angelina Jolie

$33,000,000

ForbesReported

About $45.6 million in 2025 dollars

Mostly her advance for Maleficent.

The pictures that paid

Box office champions of 2013

By worldwide box-office gross

  1. 1

    Frozen

    $1,281 million

  2. 2

    Iron Man 3

    $1,215 million

    ★ Starring Robert Downey Jr.

  3. 3

    Despicable Me 2

    $971 million

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