How much the cast and different crew members earn on a $200m blockbuster
It's bad news for uncredited extras
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Your support makes all the difference.If you've ever watched a menial Hollywood blockbuster and wondered why everyone involved bothered in the first place, this video will spell it out for you.
Vanity Fair has compiled an enlightening video entitled The Hypothetical Blockbuster Budget which, as you can probably guess, provides an approximation of what everyone working on such a film would take home.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the three people who reign most supreme are the film's two lead actors and their director. In Batman v Superman terms, that's $12m for Ben Affleck, $4.5m for Henry Cavill while Zack Snyder receives a not insignificant $4m.
Following up that trio is the film's lead writer who gets handed $3m for their efforts.
Apparently, $450,000 goes to the supporting actor - a whole million less than the 'second lead actor' - so, in the same respect, that's what Amy Adams may have received for Snyder's superhero mashup (of course, the film is an example and these are approximations).
It's when sifting through the jobs lower down the credits that surprises manifest. For example, composing an original score - a hefty task tantamount to that of a, say, writer - would get you $800,000; while nothing to be sniffed at, said composer could come away feeling shortchanged when compared with the fees of the director and producers (who each notch up $1m).
Elsewhere, the video informs you fees for the original song writer ($750,000), lighters ($25,000) and uncredited extras (a measly $148 which amounts to about £100).
You'll never watch a Transformers film in the same way.
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