Hollywoods 14 Highest-Paid Actors All Make More Than Its Highest-Paid Actress: Vanity Fair

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21. It the movie makes money

then the actors are not being overpaid.

The problem is that the big roles for women are typically dramas or romantic comedy leads, which may do well at the box office, but are usually not blockbusters, so the percentage of the gross on a $100 to $150 million box office movie is far less than a movie that makes $750 million to $800 million.

They need more big action roles for women - I'm sure Gal Gadot will be making more for Wonder Woman 2 and Justice League 2 than she did for the first WW movie. And, to me, as a guy that grew up reading comic books, it's stunning that we have not had a Black Widow movie yet given how well Scarlett Johanson did with the role.

It's a problem across the acting industry in general - even on Broadway, if you look at the top musicals from the past several years, they’re mostly male driven. Hamilton is the big name from the past several years and that show is driven by Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. Yes, the Schuyler sisters are great roles, but Hamilton and Burr are the central characters. Last year’s big musical was/is Dear Evan Hanson, a show driven by the male lead Ben Platt. And, still going strong on Broadway is The Book of Mormon, which is an almost all male cast. The only long-running show on Broadway that is female driven is Wicked, which is still going strong after 17 years. Of course, this may change with Frozen and Mean Girls coming to Broadway next year, but who knows if it will last?