Here’s How Much Joaquin Phoenix Made For Starring In ‘Joker’

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A new report reveals Joaquin Phoenix earned over $4 million for his role in Warner Bros.’ Joker.

While Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker centered on a character who may be the most famous comic book villain of all time, the film was smaller in scale compared to most superhero films and produced on a $62.5 million budget. Now, Variety’s report on the salaries of multiple celebrities for the year reveals Joaquin Phoenix earned $4.5 million for his role in Joker.

Of course, the relatively modest production cost and current worldwide gross for Joker has made the Joaquin Phoenix film the most profitable comic book movie in history. In addition to revealing Joaquin Phoenix’s salary for Joker, the report notes that Margot Robbie earned 9-10 million for her role in Birds of Prey while Gal Gadot received $10 million for the upcoming sequel Wonder Woman 1984.

Here is the official synopsis for Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker:

Director Todd Phillips “Joker” centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone fictional story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips’ exploration of Arthur Fleck, who is indelibly portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix, is of a man struggling to find his way in Gotham’s fracturedsociety. A clown-for-hire by day, he aspires to be a stand-up comic at night…but finds the joke always seems to be on him. Caught in a cyclical existence between apathy and cruelty, Arthur makes one bad decision that brings about a chain reaction of escalating events in this gritty character study.

Directed by Todd Phillips from a script he co-wrote with Scott Silver, Joker stars Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Bill Camp, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Glenn Fleshler, Douglas Hodge, Marc Maron, Josh Pais, and Shea Whigham.

Joker is now playing in theaters!

Source: Variety

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