Ryan Reynolds – $27 million (6 Underground, 2019)
Ryan Reynolds made $27 million for his role in the 2019 action-thriller film 6 Underground. The Netflix original film directed Michael Bay had a production budget of $150 million.
Produced by Bay with his longtime business partner Ian Bryce and Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger, 6 Underground follows a group of people that fake their deaths and decide to form a vigilante team in order to stage a coup d’état against a ruthless dictator. In addition to Reynolds, the movie also stars Mélanie Laurent, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Adria Arjona, Corey Hawkins, Ben Hardy, and Dave Franco.