1. Robert Downey Jr.

Earnings= $75 million

Downey has been in four of Marvel’s biggest hits, including The Avengers. The Avengers is the third highest grossing movie of all time. However, most of the money Downey made this year comes fromIron Man 3. Iron Man 3 was the highest grossing movie of 2013 with $1.2 billion from the box office earning Downey the spot of the highest paid actor of 2014.