The Highest Paid Actors Of The '90s

Despite once being told that he'd never be a star, Harrison Ford became one of the most successful actors in Hollywood, and by 1977, was being paid $10,000 for Star Wars, which is "around $42,000 after adjusting for inflation," according to Celebrity Net Worth. From there, he earned $100,000 for The Empire Strikes Back and $500,000 for The Return of the Jedi, which is "the same as around $1.6 million in today's dollars." 

While that's not bad, things really took off in the '90s, when Ford started making between $10 and $12 million for his acting gigs. By the end of the decade, the actor was banking $20 million for movies like The Devil's Own and Air Force One.

These days, Ford has an estimated net worth of $300 million, which you'd think would mean that he wouldn't need to work anymore. However, despite claiming that he "didn't want to become an actor to become rich and famous," according to the Glasgow Times, when he reprised his role as Indiana Jones, he told the Independent that he was "in it for the money." Ford explained, "I mean that in the nicest possible way. This is my job ... I want to get paid to do it because, otherwise, I'm not being responsible and I'm not valuing what I do for a living."

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