The final season of Stranger Things is almost here, making fans excited for how good the ending might be and what the conclusion to their favorite show might hold. The show has come a long way from when it began. Its fifth season will mark the end of the series and is said to be taking a full circle.
Not only have they improved in their acting but their salaries have also skyrocketed accordingly. Marking the final season, each actor associated with the show is said to be making a massive amount per episode. The cast of the show consists of actors who started their careers with Stranger Things and those who were already established, actors. However, the salary difference in the first season was nowhere near what each of them is making now.
Stranger Things Cast Is Making Millions Per Episode
The cast of Stranger Things is divided into three different categories; namely tier one, two, and three. The first category of actors includes David Harbour and Winona Ryder, who started by making $80,000 and $100,000 respectively. The two are now making $9 Million per episode. The two started as the only adults in the show and were being paid slightly higher than the rest of the cast, much like the situation currently.
The second tier includes the children, namely Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard, Sadie Sink, Gaten Matarazzo, and Caleb McLaughlin. They will now be making $7 Million per episode. The teenage third tier including the teenagers consists of Maya Hawke, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, and Joe Keery. They will all be making $6 Million per episode. Both the second and third-tier cast members started by making $20,000 per episode in season one.
As for Millie Bobby Brown, the actress who plays the lead role of Eleven, her salary has not been revealed as of yet. While she does fall in the second tier, her career has lifted a lot from when it first began with her first season of Stranger Things. She has become a much bigger actress and is possibly being paid comparatively much more than the rest. Her deal with Netflix has given her room to be paid higher yet an undisclosed amount for the series.
Fans React To The Stranger Things Cast’s Salaries
It is not every day that fans come to learn about the massive amount cast members make per episode for a series. Especially if it happens to be a series as popular as Stranger Things. The audience seemed to be decided in terms of whether or not the cast was underpaid, overpaid, or reasonably paid.
i feel like we’re so used to reading about how much celebs earn that we don’t realise how much 7 mil is especially for their age too, good for them. seriously.
— j (@exhaustedmfka) January 7, 2023
Millie’s pay check pic.twitter.com/rDmPn94VWS
— Josh (@josh2o03) January 6, 2023
All the figures coming out from this and the older cast members sounds pretty reasonable. What’s funny is people questioning how they’re getting paid so much when this is a multi billion dollar franchise.
— Vinternet (@Vinternet78) January 6, 2023
Sadie sink getting seven million for playing a potato for most of the season is iconic
— _hazzaaa_ (@eviljesus123) January 6, 2023
According to them, while the show still manages to stay on top, it is nowhere near how the series was when it first began. While being paid Millions is no joke, it would only be justified according to how the final season performs.
Stranger Things season five will release on Netflix on 1st July 2023.
Source: Puck
