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Writers get paid very little, too. There are outliers, but for the most part, scripts demand very little money even when they are turned into movies. Writing s
by AmVess 8y ago
Writers get paid very little, too. There are outliers, but for the most part, scripts demand very little money even when they are turned into movies.
Writing staff on hit tv shows also don't see the monetary gain that actors do unless they own the production, which is rare.
- gamblor956 8y agoI'm not sure who told you that but they clearly are unfamiliar with the WGA minimums... Writers get paid a minimum of $500k for a Hollywood film with a budget of $5 million or more. TV writers for broadcast and cable make a minimum of $75k per episode regardless of budget. In both cases, this does not include royalties.
- AmVess 8y agoI am looking at the WGA contract...that's where I get my info from. Your average staff writer gets nowhere near $75k per episode. A bit above $4k which is a far cry from $75,000.
- gamblor956 8y agoYou must be looking at the wrong contract. I've a good number of friends who are WGA members and they've all been able to buy houses with the earnings from a single scripted episode of a broadcast network show based solely on the WGA negotiated amounts. They're all just parts of the writer's room, not show runners.