Cameron Diaz | Bad Teacher | $42 Million

Have you seen the movie Bad Teacher? It’s a comedy film directed by Jake Kasdan in 2011. Cameron Diaz’s salary for the film might only be $1 million, but she managed to bring home $42 million. How did she do it? The 48-year-old actress was able to get a cut of the film’s box office earnings, which grossed for about $216.2 million with a budget of only $20 million.

The movie is a huge success, multiplying the producers’ investment money over tenfold. Well, Diaz surely deserves this huge cut. She is one of the most respected actresses in Hollywood. She was the highest-paid actress over 40 in Hollywood in 2013 and the fifth highest-grossing U.S. domestic box office actress of 2018 with $7 million worldwide grosses. Sadly, Diaz already decided to retire from acting in March 2017.