Are they given a percentage of the box office sales? Are they quoted a salary when signing a contract?
Also, how are guests booked on talk shows like the late night shows? Who pays who?
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Pretty sure it’s in their contract how much they earn from a movie. Not sure on their image being sold around but that’s likely in a contract too
Big stars (A, B, or even C list) get contracts and those are heavily negotiated. Below that, SAG actors (extras, D-lisy and below) generally get paid SAG rates or some multiple thereof (basically, an hourly rate) for all the time they are needed for production, including everything that winds up on the cutting room floor. SAG rates are negotiated by the Screen Actors Guild, a collective bargaining association (Union). Non-actors that appear in films may or may not get paid at all (fans, incidentals, etc). This varies from film to film and when they are paid, it’s usually well below SAG rates.
Most of the time, actors are paid a salary agreed upon before hand. Sometimes, particularly in the case of particularly desirable actors, they may also be promised a percentage of the movie’s profits. Although math works differently in Hollywood than it does in the rest of the world, so sometimes a movie that was incredibly profitable turns out to have actually not made any money and anybody who was promised a percentage gets nothing. Sometimes that can vary based on the person, where the big-name star who was promised a percentage gets millions while the original author who was also promised a percentage gets nothing.
*Side-eyes Forrest Gump*
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