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[legacyzero]

Damn, Harrison....

 

[exmachina64]

He took a 6 year break after Jedi, went to Broadway. When you see Hamill, you see Luke Skywalker and was type-casted as a result. A damn shame. Luckily, he found a niche as a voice actor, where you don't see his face. He played Amadeus on Broadway and when it was being made into a movie, a movie studio executive told the people making the film, "I don't want Luke Skywalker in this film".

Jeeze, I have no idea how film salaries work, but the difference between Ford (Or even Fisher) and Boyega and Ridley who have many more scenes than the others and have to do a lot more work, makes it seem like they got a raw deal.

It is because of Disney Chris Hemsworth keeps being able to do bomb after bomb.

One movie bombs, and he does his Thor thing, and they forget the dude isn't a draw.

Studio executives aren't rational actors.

 

[Usobuko]

Disney also doesn't get 100% of the gross mentioned on the likes of boxofficemojo.com, domestic is usually 50-55% of that said amount, 40% abroad, and 25% China.

So smart.

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

Jeeze, I have no idea how film salaries work, but the difference between Ford (Or even Fisher) and Boyega and Ridley who have many more scenes than the others and have to do a lot more work, makes it seem like they got a raw deal.

There are thousands of actors in L.A. that would have played Finn and Rey for free just for the publicity and guaranteed future jobs

 

[Jack The Nipper]

For what the movie makes I feel it's really low for all even ford.

 

[inm8num2]

IIRC Sir Ian McKellen got a really good percentage of the gross from LOTR. I remember him giving the number when he was on Conan before ROTK came out. Maybe 3%?

 

[jstripes]

Hamill lost in a motorcycle crash.

Damn. Didn't know that. :/

But he still could have gotten work based on him being in some of the biggest movies of all time.

He took a 6 year break after Jedi, went to Broadway. When you see Hamill, you see Luke Skywalker and was type-casted as a result.

A better agent does the trick.

Consider Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Adam Sandler in Punch Drunk Love.

 

[CreepingFear]

Or he gets hamilled and never gets a role after the trilogy again. Nobody knows. Is there any actor that truly became successful after a Star Wars role that isn't Harrison Ford?

Natalie won an Oscar, right? I believe she took time off by her own accord to have children, right?

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

So...

Spoiler

How much Hamill get paid to stand on a cliff for 6 seconds?

More than you and me will ever make in a lifetime.

 

[entremet]

Boyega and Ridley will make money from the resume boost than the actual cash amount.

 

[andycapps]

No wonder Ford looked so happy in the movie. $25 million plus percentage of the gross. Wow.

 

[Badlucktroll]

Isn't Benecio Del Toro going to be in VIII? How much will he make? Around 10 million would be my guess

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

That is a lot of money.

 

[kswiston]

.1 percent for Boyega and Daisey would be a healthy payoff before the (hopeful) payraise for the sequels.

0.1 percent would be better than ~$450k, but probably $2M at best. Still way underpaid for two of the film's leads when Ford is getting $35M out of this.

 

[FlutterPuffs]

He took a 6 year break after Jedi, went to Broadway. When you see Hamill, you see Luke Skywalker and was type-casted as a result. A damn shame. Luckily, he found a niche as a voice actor, where you don't see his face. He played Amadeus on Broadway and when it was being made into a movie, a movie studio executive told the people making the film, "I don't want Luke Skywalker in this film".

Not only that, hamill has always been a huge nerd and a voice actor even before Star Wars.

The fact that he has been working, and not being a wreck speak volumes on how much he does love his work. Of course I'm sure he'd love to be paid millions too though

 

[darkinstinct]

Oops In the OP I forgot to put in JJ Abrams backend deal, it's 2% I'll edit that in

And that is probably excluding what he makes on the movie for co-producing the movie with his company, Bad Robot.

 

[Frog-fu]

Han. Got. Paid.

 

[KorrZ]

300K is about what I'd expect for unknown actors. They'll be making bank by the time Episode 8 and 9 come around.

 

[Dude Abides]

I guess he could imagine quite a bit.

 

[adg1034]

I guess he could imagine quite a bit.

He'll get it.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Boyega and Ridley will make money from the resume boost than the actual cash amount.

Will they really though? The movies are filming so close to each other they don't have much time for productions in between. When it's done they will also be so identifiable as their SW roles that the typecasting would limit their work.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

The more shocking thing to me is JJ salary. The most important piece of the puzzle and most integral to getting people to even care about the franchise for the long haul only gets 3.3?

 

[MisterHero]

He'll get it.

He took care of himself. I guess that's what he's best at.

 

[BeforeU]

The more shocking thing to me is JJ salary. The most important piece of the puzzle and most integral to getting people to even care about the franchise for the long haul only gets 3.3?

And 2% of the gross. Thats not less.

Thats fucking 60million if the movie reaches 3billion lol

 

[Radec]

I wonder how much Daniel Craig and Simon Pegg got paid.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

lmao 2% gross for JJ. He just made $10m this weekend.

 

[Ezalc]

Wonder if Han imagined that much when he was talking to Luke in episode IV.

 

[SpaceBridge]

So...

Spoiler

How much Hamill get paid to stand on a cliff for 6 seconds?

Thanks for the movie spoiler dude.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

The more shocking thing to me is JJ salary. The most important piece of the puzzle and most integral to getting people to even care about the franchise for the long haul only gets 3.3?

2% of box office gross is a lot for a movie like this.

 

[hollomat]

Wow. Ford made 25 million this weekend alone in the US.

You aren't too good at math, huh?

 

[Luke_Wal]

Wow, so they're really following the Marvel approach on these, huh? This one's just like the first Avengers: sign the main guy for million and millions, give all the other others peanuts. I thought I read somewhere that Hemsworth only made $30,000 or something to be Thor in the first Avengers, while RDJ made millions. Seems like they're walking in those same footsteps here. It's really unfortunate for the new talent, but it is true that these movies will undoubtedly launch their careers into the stratosphere. Whether that is a substitute for fair compensation is an honest question, but it is definitely something to be considering.

 

[Currygan]

 

[Blastoise]

Gotta go for gross and not profits.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

I don't agree at all about Ford being critical. Hamill is way more important to the lore. If Disney doesn't agree I am afraid of Episode 8

 

[ahoyhoy]

I don't agree at all about Ford being critical. Hamill is way more important to the lore. If Disney doesn't agree I am afraid of Episode 8

Agreed. I figured if they couldn't get Ford for this movie they'd just

Spoiler

casually mention his history and death between 6 and 7 and perhaps have Leia fill in his for his role and die at the end of EP7 or perhaps EP8.

 

[kswiston]

2% of box office gross is a lot for a movie like this.

$40M give or take $5M. A lot, but not ridiculously so given the fact that he was also a producer and has a co-writing credit.

That said, I doubt Rian Johnson or Trevorrow get the same deal.

 

[Averon]

The career boost Boyega and Ridley will get from TFA will more than make up for the relatively paltry sum they were paid, assuming they manage their careers wisely.

 

[Flo_Evans]

Damn. Wonder how much ford is worth.

Edit: I looked it up est. net worth $210 million.

 

[Perfect Cha0s]

I don't agree at all about Ford being critical. Hamill is way more important to the lore. If Disney doesn't agree I am afraid of Episode 8

For the core story of Episode 7, they were absolutely right.

 

[Jenov]

Never forget

whats wrong with this? don't know the story behind it

 

[mcfrank]

whats wrong with this? don't know the story behind it

Basically movie studios set each movie up as a private entity. The studio then "charges" that movie X amount to distribute the move where X is slightly more than the movie made. That way the studio makes the money on paper but the movie then loses money on paper and they no longer have to pay actors who only make a % of the profits.

 

[Jenov]

Basically movie studios set each movie up as a private entity. The studio then "charges" that movie X amount to distribute the move where X is slightly more than the movie made. That way the studio makes the money on paper but the movie then loses money on paper and they no longer have to pay actors who only make a % of the profits.

Oh wow, that is shitty

 

[Mushroomer25]

So...

Spoiler

How much Hamill get paid to stand on a cliff for 6 seconds?

Spoiler

I imagine they signed him for a multi-film contract, with his role in the ending likely being a part of that deal.

 

[Futurematic]

whats wrong with this? don't know the story behind it

It's an accounting trick to claim a massively successful movie made negative money to avoid paying taxes and screw anybody with only net points in their contract.

 

[Kurt Angle]

Han Solo is still king baby

 

[faridmon]

300k is still more than Jonah Hill's role in Wolf of Wall Street which was around 3 hour movie and he was almost half of it. Worked his socks off as well.

Perspective guys!

 

[RedAssedApe]

I can't think of anything notable Mark Hamill has done since Star Wars, voicing the Joker aside.

No disrespect to him, but he should have got himself a better agent.

wing commander

 

[CreepingFear]

How much did BB-8 get payed?

 

[JoseLopez]

Spoiler

At least they only have to pay Harrison just this once

then Ridley and Boyega can get a bigger cut that they deserve on the next one.

Well fuck me that was massive spoiler

 

[hollomat]

And 2% of the gross. Thats not less.

Thats fucking 60million if the movie reaches 3billion lol

I wonder if the gross amounts apply to worldwide gross or only domestic with a different rate for international. As people have pointed out, the studios take from China is much lower.