* Base salary: $1 million per film
* Percentage of gross: 2.5%
* Total earnings: $29.5 million
Ian McKellen (Gandalf):
* Base salary: $2.5 million per film
* Percentage of gross: 1.5%
* Total earnings: $17.5 million
Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn):
* Base salary: $1 million per film
* Percentage of gross: 1.5%
* Total earnings: $16.5 million
Orlando Bloom (Legolas):
* Base salary: $175,000 per film
* Percentage of gross: 1.0%
* Total earnings: $13 million
Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee):
* Base salary: $150,000 per film
* Percentage of gross: 0.5%
* Total earnings: $6 million
Billy Boyd (Pippin):
* Base salary: $150,000 per film
* Percentage of gross: 0.5%
* Total earnings: $6 million
Dominic Monaghan (Merry):
* Base salary: $125,000 per film
* Percentage of gross: 0.5%
* Total earnings: $5.5 million
John Rhys-Davies (Gimli):
* Base salary: $250,000 per film
* Percentage of gross: 0.5%
* Total earnings: $5 million
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel):
* Base salary: $2 million per film
* Percentage of gross: 0.5%
* Total earnings: $4.5 million
Christopher Lee (Saruman):
* Base salary: $1 million per film
* Percentage of gross: 0.5%
* Total earnings: $4.5 million
Hugo Weaving (Elrond):
* Base salary: $750,000 per film
* Percentage of gross: 0.5%
* Total earnings: $4 million
Liv Tyler (Arwen):
* Base salary: $500,000 per film
* Percentage of gross: 0.5%
* Total earnings: $3.5 million