| Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) | $10/day |
| The Big Trail (1930) | $75/week |
| Three Girls Lost (1931) | $200/week |
| The Deceiver (1931) | $350/week |
| The Range Feud (1931) | $350/week |
| Maker of Men (1931) | $350/week |
| Texas Cyclone (1932) | $350/week |
| Two-Fisted Law (1932) | $350/week |
| The Hurricane Express (1932) | $675 |
| Ride Him, Cowboy (1932) | $1,500 |
| The Big Stampede (1932) | $1,500 |
| Haunted Gold (1932) | $1,500 |
| The Telegraph Trail (1933) | $1,500 |
| The Three Musketeers (1933) | $500 |
| Somewhere in Sonora (1933) | $1,500 |
| The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933) | $1,500 |
| Baby Face (1933) | $1,500 |
| Westward Ho (1935) | $6,000 |
| Sea Spoilers (1936) | $6,000 |
| I Cover the War (1937) | $6,000 |
| Idol of the Crowds (1937) | $6,000 |
| Adventure's End (1937) | $6,000 |
| Stagecoach (1939) | $3,700 |
| Reap the Wild Wind (1942) | $25,000 |
| Without Reservations (1946) | $68,000 |
| Fort Apache (1948) | $110,000 |
| Red River (1948) | $75,000 + percentage of gross |
| Wake of the Red Witch (1948) | $75,000 + 10% of gross |
| Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) | $180,000 + 10% of gross |
| Flying Leathernecks (1951) | $300,000 |
| The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) | $700,000 |
| Rio Bravo (1959) | $750,000 |
| The Horse Soldiers (1959) | $750,000 |
| North to Alaska (1960) | $750,000 + 10% of gross |
| The Comancheros (1961) | $750,000 + 10% of gross |
| The Longest Day (1962) | $250,000 |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) | $250,000 |
| The War Wagon (1967) | $1,000,000 + % of gross |
| The Green Berets (1968) | $1,000,000 |
| Hellfighters (1968) | $1,000,000 |
| Rio Lobo (1970) | $1,000,000 |
| Brannigan (1975) | $500,000 |
| The Shootist (1976) | $750,000 |