12 Acting Salaries You Simply Won't Believe

By Padraig Cotter /

11. Julia Roberts - Valentine's Day

Salary: $3 Million Julia Roberts managed to land herself a sweet Marlon Brando style deal for dreary all-star comedy Valentine€™s Day, which she claims she did as a favour to Garry Marshall, the director who made her a star with Pretty Woman. That was really nice of her, but the $3 million she received probably didn€™t hurt. For a name actor that might look like a bargain, but when you consider Roberts has about six minutes of screentime, those numbers start to creak a little. That€™s half a million for every minute she€™s onscreen, and for most of that she€™s sitting down. Still, apparently her presence was enough to make the rest of the cast sign up, so it was probably worth it in the long run.