Renner got the deal he did in American Hustle because he was the first to sign on and signed on originally as the lead. Then the role went to Bale. Renner was given another part but his deal was not restructured.

Scarlett's had ONE big movie in terms of gross outside of Marvel. That's Lucy and it greatly benefited from her being BW as an action star in Marvel and even coming out just months after TWS. The contracts for AOU were signed a year before that and they were already filming by the time Lucy came out. Even so,…

The actors get ZERO from merchandising, as of their last contracts. Even RDJ says he gets nothing from it. and Dinsey sold over a billion worth of Avengers merch in 2014.