Top Gun: Tom Cruise is highest paid actor per word – You won’t believe how many THOUSANDS

The study said: “[Cruise’s] salary includes base salary plus per cent of films profits, which is a normal practice for a lot of Hollywood actors.”

It also found that leading actresses earn on average $1,900 less per word than their male counterparts.

The highest-earning actress was Cameron Diaz on $4,637 per word.

She was followed by Courteney Cox on $3,528 and Jodie Foster on $3,265.