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Leonardo DiCaprio was once the highest-paid actor in Hollywood, thanks to his whopping $59 million windfall from the box office success ofInceptionin 2011. These days,The Wolf of Wall Streetactor gets paid in a salary range of $20-$30 million for each of his roles. DiCaprio also secured a $30 million paycheck for his Netflix projectDon’t Look Up, the highest payment made by the streaming platform.
TheBlood Diamondactor got his first Oscar nomination at the age of 19 for his role inWhat’s Eating Gilbert Grape. This was followed by critically acclaimed performances in Baz Luhrmann’sRomeo + Julietand James Cameron’sTitanic. DiCaprio even negotiated a smart deal for his role in the latter movie.
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James Cameron’s epic disaster film,Titanic, starredLeonardo DiCaprioandKate Winsletin the leading roles as Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater. The film made on a huge budget of $200 million amassed a colossal $1.84 billion at the box office upon its initial release, becoming the first movie to cross the billion mark. Further re-releases of the movie pushed the global box-office gross to $2.257 billion. The earnings from video and DVD sales and rentals added another $1.2 billion to the movie’s account.
DiCaprio was offered a salary of $2.5 million for his role and Winslet was offered $2 million. The salaries were relatively modest considering the massive budget of the film. However,The Aviatoractor negotiated a 1.8% backend cut for his role in the film and earned an additional $40 million from the box office and home media success of the film. It was almost 16 times his original agreed-upon salary for the film.
His co-star Winslet, however, failed to negotiate any such deal and ended up getting paid only her salary. Interestingly, theShutter Islandactor was only 21 or 22 years old when he struck this smart deal with Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox, the co-financiers behind the project.
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What Is Leonardo DiCaprio’s Net Worth?
According toCelebrity Net Worth, Leonardo DiCaprio made $300 million in salaries from films between the years of 1995 and 2020. The 48-year-old actor also earns a significant income from brand endorsements. But theGangs of New Yorkactor also donates to charitable causes, including those related to climate change.The Departedactor is very much active in the Real Estate business, owning a number of properties, at least 12 in Southern California itself.
TheDjango Unchainedactor’s movies have raked in $7.2 billion at the global box office. TheOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodactor won his much-awaited Best Actor Oscar in 2016 for his performance inThe Revenant. DiCaprio was paid $20 million for his role as fur trapper Hugh Glass in the movie. Also, his other Oscar-worthy performance inThe Wolf of Wall Street, which narrowly missed the mark in a heavy competition, earned him $25 million.
TheJ. Edgaractor’s latest film is the 2023 Western crime drama,Killers of the Flower Moon, directed byMartin Scorsesein their sixth feature film collaboration. The film, which is set for a theatrical release on October 20, earned DiCaprio a hefty paycheck of $30 million.
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Fans can enjoy the movie that earned Leonardo DiCaprio $42.5 million,Titanic, now available for streaming on Netflix and Paramount Plus.
Source:Celebrity Net Worth
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