- 36,045
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Ford made just $10,000 on the first movie. He increased that to $100,000 for Empire Strikes Back and quintupled that on Return of the Jedi.
Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, did substantially better, making $650,000. Much better than that, though, was the ¼ percent he received of the movie’s profit, and revenues from when the movies were shown on TV or re-released.
Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) got the same percentage, but missed out on a huge windfall when she gave up her likeness without receiving a royalty.
Alec Guinness (Obie-Wan Kenobi) got a whopping 2 and ¼ percent of the movie’s profits. Estimates have him making as much as $50 million over the years, more than all of his other films combined.
The actor who played Chewbacca reported got $450 a week on A New Hope, and in his 30s, had to move back into his parents’ home.
James Earl Jones – the voice of Darth Vader – made around $5,000.
Mark Hamill probably makes as much as Daisy Ridley made from just sitting on his couch doing nothing for a week so they needed to give him the extra motivation to leave his house and climb stairs on a random island
Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, did substantially better, making $650,000. Much better than that, though, was the ¼ percent he received of the movie’s profit, and revenues from when the movies were shown on TV or re-released.
Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) got the same percentage, but missed out on a huge windfall when she gave up her likeness without receiving a royalty.
Alec Guinness (Obie-Wan Kenobi) got a whopping 2 and ¼ percent of the movie’s profits. Estimates have him making as much as $50 million over the years, more than all of his other films combined.
The actor who played Chewbacca reported got $450 a week on A New Hope, and in his 30s, had to move back into his parents’ home.
James Earl Jones – the voice of Darth Vader – made around $5,000.
Mark Hamill probably makes as much as Daisy Ridley made from just sitting on his couch doing nothing for a week so they needed to give him the extra motivation to leave his house and climb stairs on a random island