Jack Nicholson | Batman

Villains are as important as protagonists in movies. Sometimes, they’re even more popular than the heroes. Playing the role of Joker in the 1989 movie Batman, Jack Nicholson showed his prowess in acting. He also earned a salary of $6 million, but he managed to significantly increase it to $50 million by negotiating for a certain percentage of the movie’s overall profit—a good investment move on his part, indeed.

After having witnessed the killing of his parents, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) decided to wage a war against crime in Gotham City as Batman, and strike fear in the hearts of criminals. When a deformed madman named Joker (Jack Nicholson) tries to take over the city along with his network of villains, Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis ever, all while protecting his love interest, journalist Vicki Vale (Kim Basinger).