DO HERO MOVIES COME WITH SUPER SALARIES?

FEATURES A decade after Robert Downey Jr. earned $50 million for the first Avengers, stepping into a superhero costume remains one of the last ways for an actor to earn a major payday. A first-time superhero lead has remained in the mid-six-figure range for the past decade - and a director new to the Marvel or DC universe will also make mid-six figures for their first superhero feature. Marvel at the Movies From (relatively) humble beginnings with The Incredible Hulk in 2008, the worldwide lifetime gross of MCU films is now routinely in the billions ENDGAME The latest Avengers film had the best domestic opening weekend, making $357 million - which is just above its reported nine-figure budget. [Extracted from the article]

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