15. Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Terminator in “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines”
$29 million
Source: Slate
Schwarzenegger made an ungodly amount of cash to be in the third Terminator movie under some very specific contractual agreements, including a $29.25 million “pay or play” fee, which he would receive even if the movie wasn’t made (at the time, that amount was a record for guaranteed compensation).