As the USA Today article The curtain hides actors' salaries sums up nicely, good luck finding out this information. After poking around cyberspace, all I can surmise is that salaries start at the the Actors Equity minimum of $1,653 and is negotiable from there. A New York Magazine article from a few years ago cites 2-4X the minimum for ensemble and 5-10X the minimum for lead.
At the end of the day, the more famous and male the actor is the more he gets paid.
Some Random Numbers
So, here are a few numbers. Where possible, I've linked the underlying source article from New York Magazine, New York Times, New York Post or Bloomberg.
- The Billy’s - $1,700 a week (Billy Elliott)
- Rosie O’Donnell - $10,000 per week (Fiddler on the Roof)
- Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane - $100,000 per week (The Odd Couple)
- Julia Roberts - $35,000 per week (Three Days of Rain)
- Carrie Fisher – $2,500/week (Wishful Thinking)
- Tanya Pinkins - $2,500 a week plus perks (Caroline, or Change)
- Cheyenne Jackson - $10,000/week (Xanadu)
- Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig - $40,000/week plus % of box office (Steady Rain)
- Harry Connick Jr.- $100,000/week plus % of the box office (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever)
- Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane - $100,000 per week (The Producers)
- The leads - $10,000/week (Young Frankenstein)
- Ricky Martin - $75,000/week. Michael Cerveris - $25,000 (Evita)
- Al Pacino - $125,000/week (Glengarry Glen Ross)
- Scarlett Johansson - $40,000/week (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
- Lilla Crawford - $3,000/week (Annie)
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