Tom Holland stands to make over $100 million for starring in Sony and Marvel’s international hit “Spider-Man: Model New Day,” an enormous haul that places him within the uncommon class of Hollywood’s top-earning actors and already comes on high of a payday from his different 2026 international hit, “The Odyssey.”
In line with three people with information of Holland’s deal, the actor scored a base wage of at the very least $20 million up entrance — a rise of $10 million from his final Spider-Man gig — with the potential to earn upwards of $100 million when backend bonuses are factored in as “Brand New Day” zooms in direction of a final global box office haul of over $2 billion.
Much more exceptional: Holland’s backend bonus will not be capped, so there’s no ceiling to how a lot he could in the end make, one particular person added. “Spider-Man” crossed $2 billion on the international field workplace this weekend, and is just in its third week of launch.
“He’ll make at the very least” $100 million, mentioned this particular person, who declined to say how excessive that payday may soar.
A consultant for Sony Photos mentioned the studio doesn’t touch upon forged salaries. Representatives for Holland didn’t reply to TheWrap’s request for remark.
That’s an amazing payday for the 30-year-old Holland, who earned simply $250,000 for his first outing as Spider-Man in 2016’s “Captain America: Civil Conflict” and subsequently established himself as a fan-favorite Peter Parker by means of standalone Spidey pics and MCU crossovers.
The profitable backend deal is commensurate with Holland’s spectacular monitor document over the past decade. With seven appearances in complete, his MCU model of Peter Parker has lasted longer than every other cinematic incarnation of the character and, in doing so, left a legacy that isn’t simply distinctive amongst Spider-Males however amongst Marvel’s secure of beloved performers as nicely. Notably, his enchantment has endured whilst enthusiasm for superhero movies has taken a pointy downturn.
Holland earned $500,000 to star in 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” Sony’s correct reboot of the franchise. For 2019’s sequel “Spider-Man: Far From House,” Holland earned $4 million and for 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Means House,” Holland banked $10 million.
However bringing Holland again for “Brand New Day,” which was a brand new deal after his earlier Spider-Man contract expired with “No Means House,” required a major pay elevate.
Holland’s WME brokers Andrew Dunlap, James Farrell and Liam Buckley and lawyer Robert Supply negotiated the deal.
Sony and Marvel’s “Spider-Man: Model New Day” exploded to a $932 million international field workplace opening weekend, broke the document for the biggest domestic opening of all time with $360 million and blasted previous $1 billion worldwide in mere days. Its complete now stands at over $2 billion worldwide and counting.
The movie, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, earned one of the best opinions for a Marvel film in years, and Holland has spoken at size about eager to push the franchise into extra mature, private territory with this fourth movie. The evolution paid off — actually.
When he first landed the Spider-Man function, Holland’s authentic contract with Sony Photos and Marvel Studios was a six-picture deal, which included three standalone “Spider-Man” motion pictures produced and distributed by Sony and a number of other appearances in Disney-released Marvel Studios motion pictures.
“Model New Day” will not be the primary time Holland has participated in backend bonuses. In actual fact, in recounting how he mistakenly obtained a examine meant for Tom Holland for “Avengers: Infinity Conflict,” actor Tom Hollander revealed on “Late Night time With Seth Meyers” in 2024 simply how massive these Marvel bonuses might be.
“It was an astonishing sum of money. It was not his wage. It was his first field workplace bonus. Not the entire of it, the primary one. And it was more cash than I’ve ever — it was a seven-figure sum,” Hollander mentioned.
The brand new Marvel lynchpin
Holland’s pay elevate makes him one among Marvel’s highest-paid actors and is in keeping with the trajectory that Robert Downey Jr. adopted when he starred within the first MCU movie “Iron Man,” which turned a lynchpin for all the franchise. After incomes $500,000 for the primary film, Downey Jr. obtained a $10 million base wage and a good-looking backend deal on “Iron Man 3,” which netted him $50 million for the 2013 sequel when all was mentioned and completed.
When Marvel labored out Downey Jr.’s contract that will conclude his character arc in “Avengers: Endgame,” the actor’s reps negotiated an enormous deal that included $10 million for lower than 10 minutes of screentime in “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and a backend construction that netted him over $100 million for “Avengers: Infinity Conflict” and “Avengers: Endgame.”
Of Holland, one high media mogul mused: “He’s the brand new Robert Downey Jr.”
Scarlett Johansson is one other MCU vet who adopted the same trajectory. She earned $400,000 for her first look because the Black Widow in 2010’s “Iron Man 2.” Two years later, in 2012’s “The Avengers,” she banked between $4-$6 million.
Following her six appearances within the MCU as Black Widow, the actress bought $15 million upfront for 2018’s “Avengers: Infinity Conflict” and 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame.” For 2021’s standalone “Black Widow” film, Johansson obtained $20 million upfront for starring and changing into the primary Avenger to change into an government producer on a Marvel movie. Nonetheless, she sued Disney for concurrently releasing the film in theaters and on Disney+, which affected her backend bonuses, and settled for $40 million.
Equally, Chris Hemsworth scored a reported $20 million payday for 2022’s “Thor: Love and Thunder.”
Whereas Holland, Marvel’s Kevin Feige and Sony’s Tom Rothman have all expressed enthusiasm about persevering with the actor’s Spider-Man journey past “Model New Day,” it’s unclear whether or not additional movies are contracted or if one other film would provide a brand new alternative for Holland to renegotiate after his newest record-shattering success.
