These Are The Highest-Paid Film and Television Roles Of All Time

Johnny Depp, $300 Million

The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise earned Johnny Depp $300 million. The character of Jack Sparrow has influence far beyond the Disney films and has kept Depp in the business despite various personal scandals. No role has ever earned him as much success as Captain Jack.

The More You Know

Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was also the voice of Shredder from the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon.
Forrest Gump has more CGI than Jurassic Park.
Straight Outta Compton movie was never played in Compton because the city has no movie theaters.
The filming of 'The Godfather' was disrupted by an actual Mafia member, Joe Colombo. Producer Al Ruddy met with him and reviewed the script, striking the word "Mafia" completely from the movie. Colombo and his pals also managed to elbow their way into casting and ended up as extras in the film.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.