Beyoncé’s big-screen breakout role came in 2002, when she played Foxxy Cleopatra in “Austin Powers in Goldmember.” The comedy was the seventh-highest-grossing film of the year.
She reportedly earned $12.5 million for her role in the 2006 film “Dreamgirls,” not counting additional earnings from the soundtrack.
Her company, Parkwood Entertainment, has produced films including “Cadillac Records” in 2008 and “Obsessed” in 2009. The latter, which starred Beyoncé opposite Idris Elba, grossed $74 million at the box office against a $20 million budget.
More recently, Beyoncé voiced Nala in Disney’s live-action remake of “The Lion King” in 2019. She was reportedly paid $25 million for her role in the film, which went on to gross over $1 billion at the box office. She also helmed the film’s soundtrack, “The Lion King: The Gift.”
In 2022, Beyoncé earned her first Oscar nomination for “Be Alive,” an original song from the biographical sports drama, “King Richard.”
