Brad Pitt On Big Hollywood Salaries: 'Yeah, That Thing Died'

Hopefully Pitt has enough money saved up for his family of eight.

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Can A-list talent still expect salaries of $10 million per movie? Brad Pitt doesn't think so.

Yeah, that thing died," the 48-year-old actor (and perennial A-lister) told theBBC. "That arithmetic doesn't really work right now. That deal's not flying these days."

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"A lot of the studios have been challenged because of the economic downturn as well so they've been betting on bigger, more tent pole kinds of things, Pitt said in the interview. "At the same time that opens up a vacuum for really i! nteresting new filmmakers to come in."

Pitt, who stars in the upcoming Killing Them Softly, earned $25 million last year, while his actress-fiancee Angelina Jolie pocketed a cool $20 million, according to the recentForbeslist of the Top 100 Most Powerful Celebrities.

(Noteworthy: Pitts ex-wife Jennifer Aniston banked $11 million.)

Tom Cruise, the highest paid actor in 2011, made a whopping $75 million and Twilight lead Kristen Stewart trailed with $34.5 million.

Come again, Brad?

"You take the roles for the roles," he said. "And you've just got to balance economics like everyone does."

This story was originally published byThe Wrap.