"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" opened December 18 and has been breaking box-office records worldwide. But recently people have been buzzing less about the ticket sale numbers, and more about the the zeros in the actors' paychecks.
The Daily Mail reported Saturday that Ford will earn a whopping $34 million for reprising his role as Han Solo in "The Force Awakens." However, Variety reporter Justin Kroll corrected this number on Monday evening. "A Disney insider tells Variety the story is completely false and way too high,"Kroll writes. "But other sources did confirm that the 73-year-old actor earned a substantially larger cut than his co-stars."
The real figure, as per Variety's sources, was somewhere between $10 to 20 million — still a significant sum.
Ford's costars Daisy Ridley and John Boyega were both paid in the "low-six-figure range ($100-300k)"according to Variety. Though the Daily Mail report was extreme, the Variety report still puts Ford at potentially earning 50 times more than Ridley and Boyega.
The pay gap could be explained by both Ridley and Boyega's lack of previous roles in huge blockbuster movies. Ford, along with the original cast members Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher were all given salaries in the seven-figure range due to their longer careers, especially within the "Star Wars" franchise.
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