1. Matt Damon
Fact: For each dollar he got paid, his movies averaged $29 of gross income.
Since his debut in Good Will Hunting (1997), for which he scored a best screenplay Oscar, Damon has emerged as an unlikely action hero. The first two Bourne films, which reportedly cost a combined $135 million to produce, have to date grossed an estimated $850 million in worldwide box office and DVD sales.