Hollywood By The Numbers
Confidential movie budgets show how those millions are spent
$5,000,000 - Joaquin Phoenix, "The Village"
Now that he's an Academy Award nominee (for "Walk The Line"), Joaquin Phoenix's "ask" has probably risen since "The Village," which was released in 2004 and originally known at "The Woods." Still, Phoenix earned $2.25 million more than co-star Adrien Brody, who snagged his "Best Actor" Oscar a few months before filming began.