Scarjo is getting paid $15 million for Black Widow

Scarjo is getting paid $15 million for Black Widow Oct 13, 2018 0:52:37 GMT via mobile

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Post by Skaathar on Oct 13, 2018 0:52:37 GMT

Oct 13, 2018 0:36:40 GMT Lord Death Man said:

Oct 13, 2018 0:06:17 GMT Skaathar said:

Not really. According to Google, these are the salaries of the male MCU actors for their first solo movies:

RDJ (Ironman) - $500k
Hemsworth (Thor) - $150k
Evans (CATFA) - $1 million
Cumberbatch (Dr. Strange) - $4 million
Boseman (Black Panther) - $3 million
Paul Rudd (Antman) - $300k

So you see, Scarjo is actually getting paid way way more than her male costars for their respective first solo movies. Now you might say this was in part due to different years for movies being made as well as different marketability of each actor. So for a better comparison, let's take a look at how much each person was paid for their role in Infinity War:

Evans - $8 million
Hemsworth - $12 million
Boseman - $2-3 million
Ruffalo - $5-6 million
Cumberbatch - $5 million
Brolin - $5-6 million
Pratt - $5 million
Holland - $3 million
RDJ - $50 million
Scarjo - $20 million

You'll see with these numbers that Scarjo actually got paid a lot more than her male costars in IW despite having a very minor role in the movie. She had the 2nd biggest salary behind RDJ but RDJ also had the 3rd highest screentime (18 mins) whereas Scarjo only had 5 minutes.

According to The HR article, Evans and Hemsworth both earned $15 M for their roles in Infinity War.

Scarlett Johansson, who has appeared in six movies as Black Widow, is finally landing a $15 million payday for an upcoming stand-alone film centered on the Marvel superheroine, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

That salary is what Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth each earned for playing Captain America and Thor, respectively, in this year's Avengers: Infinity War. Evans and Hemsworth also nabbed that same $15 million payday for Captain America: Civil War and Thor: Ragnarok, respectively, as well as the upcoming fourth Avengers film.

Comparing the salaries earned by each of the actors for their first solo entries in the franchise is baseless for a number of reasons;

Each actor's track record outside of the MCU
The time difference between each film
The franchise's notoriety/earnings at the time the film was made

Using CW and Ragnarok salaries for Evans and Hemsworth just proves my point further. You're basically saying it took them 3 successful solo movies to achieve the salart Scarjo is receiving for her very first one.

Again, there's nothing wrong with that, but it's definitely incorrect to say that she's getting paid similar wages to her male counterparts. All you need to do is look at their IW salaries to know that's incorrect, as both Thor and Cap had way bigger roles in IW than BW.

Also, here's the article I was using for IW salaries:

www.mensxp.com/entertainment/hollywood/44590-here-s-how-much-each-actor-earned-for-lsquo-avengers-infinity-war-rsquo.html

Which lists a smaller salary for both Evans and Hemsworth.