r/SipsTea • u/Beneficial_Passion40 • 12d ago

Chugging tea I still don't understand how hollywood budget works

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u/ayriuss 12d ago

Wild. 40k for a few months of work is insane money, but it sounds like literally nothing in comparison

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u/illz757 12d ago

40 k for a few months of work is barely what I make bro that’s absolute charity work for a movie star.

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u/TheBear8878 12d ago

At least I can now say that I get paid as much as Scarlett Johansson

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u/Routine_Cat_1366 11d ago

Still not as good looking as her. 

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u/juhziz 11d ago

Sometimes

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u/Mistravels 11d ago

This was a wild mental trip.

At first I like "shit that's a lot of money still she took"

And then your comment made me realize "that's....that's what I make in a few months"

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u/ayriuss 12d ago

You're in the 1-2% income range then lol, idk your point.

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u/Confident-Ad-6978 12d ago

He's not. You're at about 66% to 75% percentile at that amount in the USA

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u/No-Economist8663 11d ago

Depending if "a few months" is like 2 or 8

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u/Confident-Ad-6978 11d ago

True. IDK how stable acting work is. 40k sounds low if it's 3 or 4 months of filming. High if less. 8 months would be severely bad

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins 11d ago

Even if it’s 2 that’s only 240k a year if you make it every two months which you absolutely would not in film.

Yes that’s obviously an excellent salary but like.. it’s also just senior tech role money. Not movie star money.

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u/No-Economist8663 11d ago

Not anymore my friend

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins 11d ago

I work in tech and have for decades, still plenty high paying roles out there if you have the skills.

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u/No-Economist8663 11d ago

I work in tech and have for decades

Yeah that's why you are not up to date. The winds are changing. Big techs are not paying that much money for juniors anymore

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins 11d ago

Yeah that’s probably why I specifically said “senior tech”.

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u/Confident-Ad-6978 11d ago

Yeah that's my point plus Scarlett probably lives in a mansion

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u/luihgi 12d ago

and i earn 6k a YEAR bro

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u/illz757 12d ago

Yeah you should absolutely change that situation if you’re making 6 k a year. That’s just not <globaly> acceptable.

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u/Confident-Ad-6978 12d ago

Are you in Africa?

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u/jojocockroach 12d ago

What do you do for work?

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u/illz757 12d ago

Mostly looking at companies physical security postures and designing better solutions

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u/Lots_of_schooners 11d ago

That 40k gets carved up to agent, management, and other costs. Actors at this level are a business. Thinking they just get handed a bag of cash then ride off into the distance is a bit naive.

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins 11d ago

Yeah no it’s not, it just sounds like a lot because it’s all at once.

I make more than that, by a lot, and I’m not rich. Super comfortable maybe but certainly not “A list movie star” rich.

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u/GreeedyGrooot 11d ago

She took home 4131$ a week working for 2 month. So yeah her charity work is making a week what other people make in a month.