Jim Carrey was paid $7 million for the original Dumb and Dumber, while his co-star Jeff Daniels — who shared top billing! — made just $50,000. Carrey wasn’t a big star when Dumb and Dumber went into production in 1994 and the comedy’s total budget was just $16 million — so how did he walk away with so much? “They offered him $350,000 to do the movie and he passed,” explains Peter Farrelly.
You can literally pay all the writers and crew members what they’re asking, on every movie made in a year, with just the studio heads salaries … let alone the rest of the overpaid executives, board members, and investors.
Bob Iger makes 27M a year.
You can literally pay all the writers and crew members what they’re asking, on every movie made in a year, with just the studio heads salaries … let alone the rest of the overpaid executives, board members, and investors.
Bro! I need my third yacht. Don’t be selfish.
That yacht will trickle down to the writers, actors, and crew members.