Given the tremendous success Marvel's movies have had the box office, you'd expect the actors in them to be getting paid well. Those figures are not a matter of public record, but the question of how much they make has come up again in light of the overwhelming success of Avengers: Endgame. The movie has made more than $1.7 billion worldwide in about a week,and it's already the sixth biggest movie ever. With Endgame's focus squarely on the original Avengers cast, a new report has revealed how much money Disney/Marvel pays the cast's biggest stars.

　　Starting with the biggest payday, Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. earned $75 million from 2018's Avengers: Infinity War alone, according to The Hollywood Reporter. This was the result of a unique deal he made with Marvel boss Kevin Feige that gives the actor "backend" on the Avengers movies. A backend deal means an actor gets a percentage of box office grosses.

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　　Infinity War was a massive commercial success, making $2.048 billion at the box office; it was the fourth biggest movie of all-time in both the US and worldwide. Downey Jr.'s reported $75 million from that movie is likely tied to that huge performance.

　　THR's report also claims that Downey Jr. was paid $5 million PER DAY for three days to film his parts on 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming. The story doesn't have any details on Downey Jr.'s salary for Avengers: Endgame. But if he struck a similar backend deal, Downey Jr. could stand to make another big bucket of money from the film. It's already broken box office records in the US and worldwide and is poised for continued success.

　　As for the other big-name Marvel actors, THR's story says Scarlett Johansson will be paid a figure in the $20 million range for the 2020 standalone Black Widow movie that she'll star in and produce. Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor, signed a five-year deal in the $15 million to $20 million range, while Captain America actor Chris Evans also had a five-movie deal in the same salary range, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

　　Actors can also earn extra money from bonuses tied to commercial performance--though they're getting more challenging to earn, it seems. THR says Marvel originally paid actor bonuses when a movie cleared $500 million in worldwide grosses, before moving to $700 million. Today, Marvel reportedly doesn't generally pay actor bonuses until a film, especially an Avengers movie, reaches $1.5 billion. Infinity War reached that and Endgame should, too.

　　Plans for the future of the MCU are unclear; we know Spider-Man: Far From Home is coming in July and will mark the end of Phase 3. Beyond that, there are a variety of projects known to be in the works, such as the aforementioned Black Widow movie, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and The Eternals, but specific dates are unclear. For more, check out what we know about Marvel's Phase 4.