Millionaires.

Do you know any millionaires in the movie business?

Of course, we all know that Ellen Pompeo earns $20 million, Scarlett Johansson and George Clooney earn $40 million, Angelina Jolie and Dwayne Johnson earn $28 million. 

And, the Presidents of Netflix, Warner Brothers, CBS, Universal Studios et al are millionaires. Multi-millionaires. That’s known.

What about the agents and casting directors you work with? How would you find out how much money they make?

Of course, they know exactly how much you make. To the penny.

There’s lots of money in the movie business and you know who does the work to make movies, so it might be interesting to know who makes most of the money.

Your colleagues usually don’t want to discuss their fees even though the union has a minimum daily rate laid out in the agreement and most shows pay actors the same rate. IATSE crew workers all know exactly what each other makes as their rates are also set out in their agreements and they’re all paid the same.

On the shows you work on what producers, directors, show-runners are millionaires? How much do they make? What is the standard rate for a casting director to cast a series?

Are any of your fellow actors millionaires? Writers, production designers, cinematographers – can any of them earn millions?

You know exactly how much money you earn, but what about the rest of the people in the industry.

With the minimum wage at $15 an hour a million bucks is still a lot of money.