Ace Ventura, Mask and Dumber all came out in 1994. Is there an equivalent for an unknown actor to score 3 hits in one year? Channing Tatum had 3 in one year, but he wasn't that unknown.

Carrey's wage for Dumb and Dumber was already $10m. Crazy.

A STAR IS BORN (1976) adjusts to $348m...

That is actually insane. Was In Living Color super popular to warrant him getting a $10 million paycheck right off the bat with Dumb and Dumber? Did they see his work during filming and immediately greenlight The Mask and Ace Ventura? I guess I'm not sure which one he actually filmed first - doesn't seem clear on Wikipedia.

EDIT:
Here we go - http://articles.latimes.com/1994-05-15/ ... jim-carrey

That article came out in May of 1994, where Ace Ventura had just released and exploded in popularity. He shot The Mask directly after Ace Ventura's filming ended (but before it was released). He then shot Dumb and Dumber in the summer of 1994, released later that year in December.

IIRC, while he was known to some because of In Living Color - he was generally and unknown to the mainstream audience.

And he did manage to negotiate a massive pay day for Dumb and Dumber off the back of Ace Ventura's success and The Mask's buzz.

The following year Ace Ventura 2 would go on to open to $80m adjusted. Insane.