After the success of season 4, “Stranger Things” has become one of the most profitable Netflix. The shocking ending and iconic scenes such as Eddie playing Metallica have generated great expectations among the public. For this reason, the cast has managed to secure a salary that is in line with what the streaming platform will earn.
The series created by the Duffer brothers is one of the ones with the highest budget among those under the “Netflix Originals” label.
The previous delivery required 270 million dollarsbut managed to hold the record for most hours watched in the first week (at least until “Wednesday” premiered).
For this reason, carrying out a fifth season has already been confirmed in February 2022, although this will be the closing of the television program.
WHAT THE ACTORS OF “STRANGER THINGS” EARN FOR SEASON 5
Apparently, the cast that will be part of season 5 of “Stranger Things” joined to negotiate the contracts. According to a report from puck gatethe cast managed to get an incredible raise.
Salaries would be divided into four levels and those who belong to the same group will earn more or less the same amount.
- Tier 1 ($9.5 million): Winona Ryder and David Harbor, the adult stars of the series.
- Tier 2 (just over $7 million): the four guys—Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard, and Sadie Sink.
- Tier 3 (just over $6 million): the other main stars including Joe Keery, Natalia Dyer, Maya Hawke and Charlie Heaton.
- Level 4 includes all others
You may have noticed that Millie Bobby Brown is not on the list and that is because the star who plays Eleven receives a salary that was independently negotiated and is very lucrative.
ARE THE FIFTH SEASON SALARIES TOO HIGH?
Although these seem huge figures, the truth is that It does not compare to what they have come to pay the protagonists in other successful series like “The Big Bang Theory” or “Two and a Half Men”, where the main actors earned much more.
The group of friends from the scientific series earned (each) 900 thousand dollars per episode, which translates into 21.6 million for season 12. In addition, Charlie Sheen received 1.8 million dollars for each episode.
However, the salary they receive in “Stranger Things” is not a small thing either, since it is higher than what the stars of “Game of Thrones” earned on HBO, which consisted of 500 thousand per episode.
