THEIR movies have become some of the biggest Box Office hits in recent years, so it's no surprise that major Hollywood stars are paid well for their time on screen.
But when their salaries are broken down, some of them are even taking home thousands of pounds per WORD. For movie stars like Scarlet Johansson and Benedict Cumberbatch, every breath counts - and their pay checks reflect each and every one of their scripted words.
Gigacalculator.com analysed a number of top movie scripts and the widely reported salaries of the highest-paid actors and actresses on them, to work out a rough estimate of what they earned per word that they were scripted.
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