Vanity Fair: How Much a Film Crew of a $200 Million Blockbuster Earns
The authors gathered data about the average income of professionals who work on high budget movies: from a director and an executive producer to electricians, cameraman assistants, and extras.
Vanity Fair magazine published a 4-minute video with the information about the salaries of different members of the film crew working on a typical Hollywood blockbuster. The authors analyzed the data about the income of professionals who created movies with budgets over $200 million.
For instance, a director of a typical blockbuster earns about $4 million (an amount that is similar to the income of the whole screenwriting team), the lead actor receives about $12 million, and drivers earn between $30 and $78 thousand.
