The cinema is a machine for making money and, if we move to Hollywood, the salaries reach stratospheric amounts. The financial magazine Forbes published in 2023 a list with the top 10 personalities dedicated to the entertainment sector is shared between musicians and the film and TV industry.
Leaving aside the musical section (in which we find Genesis topping the list, among others), we are going to focus on the creators, producers and even actors that recently appear among the highest paid in the world (not to be confused with his net worth).
1- Tyler Perry (175 million)
He is the first character in the world of cinema to appear on the list. The actor, director, screenwriter and producer recently added an astronomical income, coming from both cinema and TV (especially his programs for the BET channel). Besides, his fortune reaches a billion dollars.
2- Trey Parker and Matt Stone (160 million)
The duo of creators behind ‘South Park’, the long-running animated series that has already accumulated 26 seasons behind it, stands as one of the highest paid today. In large part, thanks to the agreement they closed at the time with HBO Max to sell them their musical ‘The book of mormon’, but above all because of their contract with Paramount, which guarantees them 935 million over six years.
3- Matt Groening and James L. Brooks (105 million)
Another creative duo that has taken the cat to water thanks to its flagship series, ‘The Simpsons’. The key has been transfer of its 30 seasons to Disney + in 2019after the mouse company acquired the rights from Fox. The deal was profitable for them, since it has brought them about 105 million annually.
4- Brad Pitt (100 million)
Second actor on the list and, like Perry, most of his income comes from off-screen. On the one hand, Pitt sold a majority share of Plan B, the production company that supported projects that have ended up triumphing at the Oscars, such as ’12 Years a Slave’ or ‘Moonlight’. As for his work as an actor, he earned about 30 million between ‘Babylon’, ‘Bullet Train’ and ‘The Lost City’.
5- James Cameron (95 million)
The top 5 is closed by the person responsible for three films that enter the ranking of the highest grossing in history, being ‘Avatar: the sense of water’ the most recent. At the time of conducting the study, Cameron had pocketed 95 million of the more than 2,000 million that the film collected globally. Almost nothing.
A list with more than one surprise, especially compared to last year. The list of highest paid in the film and TV industry published in 2022 It was led by Peter Jackson (with 580 million), followed by Dwayne Johnson (270 million), Trey Parker and Matt Stone (210 million) repeated, as well as Tyler Perry (165 million), Reese Witherspoon (115 million) and Chuck Lorre ( 100 million) among the highest positions.
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