Chinese action star Jet Li is set to rake in 100 million yuan ($13 million) for his latest movie, a record for an actor in a Chinese-language film, according to Reuters.
Nearly half of the $40 million budget for The Warlords went to the cast, among whom were Hong Kong heartthrob Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Beijing-based actress and director Xu Jinglei, in addition to Li. Peter Chang directs.
The earlier salary record was held by Li himself for his role in Hero, for which he earned 70 million yuan.
The Warlords, a war epic based on a Qing Dynasty story, is slated for release in Asia in mid-December and in North America from next March.
