Cinemas started to fill up again after the COVID-19 bans were lifted. In addition, digital broadcasting platforms such as Netflix and Hulu have become increasingly common. Dozens of TV series and movie studios have begun to pay actors millions of dollars even for just one episode, in order to both get deals with the best actors and to be watched more.
After the television and cinema industry grew, a noticeable increase was observed in the salaries of the actors. Explaining how much money the actors get from movies and series, Variety shared a list that proves this increase. Top Gun: Maverick, which was released in the past months and grossed over $800 million worldwide, was at the top of the list for movies. Cruise is allegedly making $100 million or more in revenue.
Netflix and Apple TV-like platforms are thought to be the reason why salaries have increased so much.
The filmmakers admit that payments to Netflix, Apple and the like have caused some players to raise their prices. For example, Dwayne Johnson asked for $22.5 million to play the lead role in the DC superhero movie “Black Adam.” In addition to this, the making of the movie will get millions more and on top of that it will also charge a fee for promoting the movie on social media channels.
Producers: Jim Carrey, Robert Downey Jr. He calls names like “A-list”. The names on this list are considered to be the celebrities who earn the most money from the productions, regardless of platforms, television or cinema. Here are the wages of the actors who make millions from both movies and TV series.
Fees of famous stars from movies:
- Tom Cuise “Top Gun: Maverick” / $100 million
- Will Smith “Emanciaption” / $35 million
- Leonardo DiCaprio “Killers of the Flower Moon” / $30 million
- Brad Pitt “Formula 1 Drama” / $30 million
- Dwayne Johnson “Black Adam” / $22.5 million
- Will Ferrel “Spirited” / $20 million
- Chris Hemworth “Extraction 2” / $20 million
- Vin Diesel “Fast and Furious 10” / $20 million
- Tom Hardy “Venom 3” / $20 million
- Joaquin Phoenix “Joker 2” / $20 million
- Ryan Reynolds “Spirited” / $20 million
- Denzel Washington “The Equalizer 3” / $20 million
- Jason Mamoa “Aquaman and the Last Kingdom” / $15 million
- Eddie Murphy “Beverly Hills Cop 4” / $15 million
- Chris Pine “Star Trek” sequel / $13 million
- Steve Carell “Minions: The Rise of Gru” / $12.5 million
- Ryan Gosling “Barbie” / $12.5 million
- Margot Robbie “Barbie” / $12.5 million
- Millie Bobby Brown “Enola Holmes 2” / $10 million
- Timothée Chalamet “Wonka” / $9 million
The fees that the famous stars receive per episode from the series:
- Mahershala Ali “The Pilot” (Onyx Collective) / $1.3 million
- Kevin Costner “Yellowstone” (Paramount Network” / $1.3 million
- Michael Keaton “Dopesick” (Hulu) / $1 million
- Elizabeth Olsen “Love and Death” (HBO Max) / $875k
- David Harbor “Stranger Things” (Netflix) / $450K
- Winona Ryder “Stranger Things” (Netflix) / $450K
- Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher and Justin H. Min “The Umbrella Academy” (Netflix) / $200,000
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