--- description: Sandra Bullock, star of the Oscar contender sci-fi survivor thriller Gravity, was paid $20 million up front for her work on the film and then promised 15% of the film's box office winnings, which is shaping up to be quite the paycheck title: Sandra Bullock May Make Over $70 Million for Gravity image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaacaaafb8d208943/6986830cd0b6f2d212302fcb/178264533.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sandra Bullock Could Make $70 Million for Soaring in 'Gravity' by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 26, 2014 6:32 PM CUT  Sandra Bullock Sandra BullockElisabetta A. Villa—Wire Image by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 26, 2014 6:32 PM CUT Sandra Bullock went to space and all she got was a $70 million payday. Sources tell The Hollywood _Reporter_ that the Oscar-nominated _Gravity_ star may make at least $70 million for _Gravity,_ since her deal with the studio included $20 million up front and then 15% of whatever the studio makes at the box office. It’s a more generous deal than most stars get, since it was signed in 2010 as Bullock was fresh off her Oscar win for _The Blind Side,_ and Angelina Jolie had just dropped out of the movie. _Gravity,_ which is expected to make more than $750 million at the box office, is already on track to be the most profitable of this year’s Oscar-nominated movies, and may even make more money than all the other Best Picture nominees combined. \[[THR](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gravity-sandra-bullock-make-70-683561 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/9887/sandra-bullock-gravity-millions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/9887/sandra-bullock-gravity-millions/"},"headline":"Sandra Bullock Could Make $70 Million for Soaring in 'Gravity'","datePublished":"2014-02-26T18:32:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:29:35.866Z","description":"Sandra Bullock, star of the Oscar contender sci-fi survivor thriller Gravity, was paid $20 million up front for her work on the film and then promised 15% of the film's box office winnings, which is shaping up to be quite the paycheck","url":"https://time.com/9887/sandra-bullock-gravity-millions/","keywords":["celebrities","Sandra Bullock","Gravity","Angelina Jolie"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaacaaafb8d208943/6986830cd0b6f2d212302fcb/178264533.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaacaaafb8d208943/6986830cd0b6f2d212302fcb/178264533.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"'Gravity' Photocall - The 70th Venice International Film Festival","caption":"'Gravity' Photocall - The 70th Venice International Film Festival","creditText":"Elisabetta A. Villa—Wire Image","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/9887/sandra-bullock-gravity-millions/","name":"Sandra Bullock Could Make $70 Million for Soaring in 'Gravity'"}}]}] ```