Rajnikanth Rs 30 Crores

Kamal Haasan Rs 25 Crores

Vijay Rs 10 Crores and Chennai City rights worth Rs 3000 Crores

Ajith Rs 7 Crores

Vikram Rs 7 Crores

Surya Rs 6 Crores

Simbhu Rs 5 Crores

Dhanush Rs 4 Crores

Vishal Rs 2 Crores

Jayam Ravi Rs 2 Crores

Aarya Rs 1 Crore

Vadivelu’s one day call sheet Rs 6 Lakhs

Actresses

Asin Rs 2 Crores

Nayanthara Rs 1 Crore

Thamanna Rs 1 CRORE

Anushka Rs 75 Lakhs

Trisha Rs 70 Lakhs

Shreya Rs 40 Lakhs

Music composers

A R Rahman Rs 3 Crores

Harris Jayaraj Rs 1.50 Crores

Yuvan Shankar Raja Rs 1 Crore

Though the individuals salaries have gone up, the box office collections are not so good. Chennai, Chengalpattu and Kanchipuram Distributors Council President Kalaipuli G Sekaran while speaking said,” That out of 131 films released last year, only films Ayan, Nadodigal and Padikadhavan were successful. Films like Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, Maayandi Kudumbathar, Siva Manasula Sakthi, Peranmai and Pasanga just recovered the money they had invested. All the other films were utter flops.”