ok sports stars get tons of flack for their 2-3 million dollar salaries, when there is a very real risk of severe injury or death. Yet no one really bats an eye at an actor's salary.
Ok lets look at some facts here:
Average movie shoot is 6-12 weeks of filming, all actors are not "on set" every day(the actress that played Tia Dalma in POTC:2 was filming two movies at the same time, miami vice and POTC-her scenes for Pirates were shot only on weekends). Even assuming they're on set for 18 hours a day for a full twelve weeks that equals out to 1512 hours. They could technically film 4 movies a year.
Even a salary like Jonnhy Depp's for POTC2-of 20 million equals out to $13,227 per hour
Jim Carey- $25 million
Brad Pitt-20 million
Angelina Jolie-20 million
Why is an hour of any person's time prancing around in a costume playing pretend for the cameras worth more than some people's yearly salary?
A full time minimum wage job brings in(gross) $15,080.
This is why I generally don't go to movie theatres-the actors make more in an hour than I do in over six months(it takes me 33 weeks to Gross what they make an hour), I have no desire to make them richer with the profits they receive from ticket sales.
to put it a little more into perspective:
President Obama makes $500,000 per year
school teacher-$40-50,000 per year
Police officer-$30,000 per year
a neurosurgeon-$530,000 per year
Does an actor have a job that's really more difficult than the President of the US or requires more skills than a neurosurgeon that went through 8+ years of medical school? Are they making decisions that affect entire countries of people? Are they saving people's lives?
Think about it.....
Ok lets look at some facts here:
Average movie shoot is 6-12 weeks of filming, all actors are not "on set" every day(the actress that played Tia Dalma in POTC:2 was filming two movies at the same time, miami vice and POTC-her scenes for Pirates were shot only on weekends). Even assuming they're on set for 18 hours a day for a full twelve weeks that equals out to 1512 hours. They could technically film 4 movies a year.
Even a salary like Jonnhy Depp's for POTC2-of 20 million equals out to $13,227 per hour
Jim Carey- $25 million
Brad Pitt-20 million
Angelina Jolie-20 million
Why is an hour of any person's time prancing around in a costume playing pretend for the cameras worth more than some people's yearly salary?
A full time minimum wage job brings in(gross) $15,080.
This is why I generally don't go to movie theatres-the actors make more in an hour than I do in over six months(it takes me 33 weeks to Gross what they make an hour), I have no desire to make them richer with the profits they receive from ticket sales.
to put it a little more into perspective:
President Obama makes $500,000 per year
school teacher-$40-50,000 per year
Police officer-$30,000 per year
a neurosurgeon-$530,000 per year
Does an actor have a job that's really more difficult than the President of the US or requires more skills than a neurosurgeon that went through 8+ years of medical school? Are they making decisions that affect entire countries of people? Are they saving people's lives?
Think about it.....
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