Highlights
- The Big Bang Theory cast members had been paid a staggering amount per episode in the later seasons, with Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, and Johnny Galecki earning $1 million each and every.
- The main trio of Parsons, Cuoco, and Galecki each and every personal 1% of the show's profits, which amounts to an annual $10 million further income for them.
- The forged has remained shut after the show ended, with robust friendships shaped between some of the members.
In 2019, The Big Bang Theory wrapped after 12 seasons — two seasons longer than its ceaselessly when compared sitcom, Friends.
While the latter ended due to the characters transferring on with their lives, the former did after Jim Parsons, who performed Sheldon Cooper, decided to quit.
Back then, the leisure of the forged, especially Johnny Galecki felt blindsided by way of the news. "I just disagreed with how it was handled," stated the actor who performed Leonard Hofstadter.
"We thought we were going into [co-creator] Chuck [Lorre]'s office to talk about renegotiating, and then Chuck tossed the baton to Jim. And Jim was shocked and obviously caught off guard."
The two stay excellent pals to this day. However, it seems like Galecki has fallen off the grid following the collection, unlike Parsons and Kaley Cuoco (Penny) who went on to superstar in other shows like HBO's Emmy-winning, The Flight Attendant.
We get it, although; the solid still makes millions off TBBT anyway. Here's how.
How Much Did The Bang Theory Cast Get Paid For The Show?
Many studies say that the five lead stars were meant to be making $1 million for each episode by way of the final season. Parsons started making $1 million per episode in 2017. He began out with an insignificant price of $60,000, which eventually grew to $300,000 by way of season 8. He was once even integrated amongst Forbes' top-paid TV actors in 2017 after making $27.Five million from the display.
Cuoco, who also began with the identical salary in the end made $1 million per episode in the later seasons. In 2018, Forbes declared her as TV's second top-paid leading actor, making about $24.5 million from the sequence. In 2017, Galecki placed 2d to Parsons in the highest-paid TV actors record. By that time, he is earned a complete of $26.5 million from the display, coming from the identical initial wage.
While Simon Helberg (Howard Holowitz) and Kunal Nayyar (Raj Koothrappali) handiest made $45,000 at the get started of the sequence, Forbes reported in 2017 that they were making $26 million and $25 million, respectively. At that time, they have been additionally mentioned to be making $24 million a season.
Despite having the identical starting wage as Helberg and Nayyar, Melissa Rauch (Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz) and Mayim Bialik (Amy Farrah Fowler) have been best given a slight spice up, making $200,000 per episode by the ultimate season. Thanks to their co-stars who took a $100,000 pay lower each for each and every episode, they were given to obtain $425,000 every.
How Is The Cast Of The Big Bang Theory Still Making Money Off The Show?
Parsons, Galecki, and Cuoco each personal 1% of the display's general profits for Warner Bros. It's estimated to be about $1 billion yearly. Although their percentage doesn't sound like so much, it's still an annual $10 million additional income for them. As a consequence, the 3 have gathered massive net worths: Parsons, $one hundred sixty million; Galecki, $One hundred million; and Cuoco, $110 million.
In 2020, Cuoco instructed The Hollywood Reporter that she was vocal about the pay gap between her and the lead actors. "It was such a different time 13 years ago," she said of preventing for equivalent pay. "I remember with my team, and even [creator] Chuck [Lorre], there was no conversation that I wouldn't have parity with those two guys."
She persisted: "I'm lucky that I had people to pave the way for me and that no one balked." In an interview with Dax Shepard on his Armchair Expert podcast, Cuoco recalled how she and Galecki shared their wins together. "Johnny and I were very close and we were partners in this whole thing so we got to share the celebrations together," she said.
"We were like 'Can you believe we did that?' We did that together," she continued. "After the first negotiations [for their $1 million [paycheck], we had a lot of the same team so we would get together and have these big meetings."
"Then after we'd walk outside in disbelief and we would cry... We would have these long late-night conversations where we would be bawling because he and I both knew this would never happen again because it won."
Is The Cast Of The Big Bang Theory Still Friends?
The solid of TBBT has remained shut most of these years. When PopCulture asked Bialik if their friendship would continue after the show, she replied: "I can't imagine that we wouldn't. I had a dream that we all went hiking together, and I was asking everyone, 'Why didn't we do this before?'"
It also seems like the forged has made some sturdy friendships. For instance, Galecki and Parsons shaped a bond over shared trauma. They'd both lost their dads in vehicle collisions once they had been more youthful. The former's father died between April 30, 1975, and April 29, 1976, when he was 16 whilst the latter's father passed away on April 29, 2001. The actor was once 28 years previous at that time.
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