JIM CARREY – $180 MILLION

As one of the highest-paid stars in the world during the 1990s to 2000s, it is no surprise that Jim Carrey has a net worth of $180 million. In fact, he is the first actor that earned a whopping $20 million for just one movie – the 1996 film The Cable Guy. According to Forbes reports, Jim earned an average of $44.5 million in 1999 with the movie Man on the Moon alone, which earned him the second consecutive Golden Globe Award.

With a career that runs over four decades, he has made millions of dollars from film salaries and backend bonuses. He got his first significant paycheck from In Livin Color, where he was paid $25,000 per episode. By doing a total of 127 episodes, he got a whopping $3.2 million. He brought home $350,000 for the first Ace Ventura movie, and it dramatically increased to $15 million for the sequel. He started earning $20 million per film credit in The Cable Guy, followed by Batman Forever and more.