Harrison Ford's 'Star Wars 7' Salary Was Just Announced — And It's Out of This Galaxy

Mic ^ | 12-21-2015 | Claire Lampen

[Citizen Zed]

Star Wars veteran Harrison Ford pulled in an astronomical paycheck for his reprisal role in The Force Awakens, which opened globally Friday. Fortune reported that Ford stands to make more than $34 million for his return as Han Solo. Disney reportedly wanted him back so badly that they offered him a base salary of nearly $25 million, plus 0.5% of the film's gross profit, according to the Guardian.

"Harrison is the key to making this movie work," an unnamed source from Disney said, according to the Guardian. "He's the link between the old generation and the new. Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher were good to get, but the film could have lived without them. You couldn't make it without Harrison Ford."

Maybe a half a percent sounds like small stakes, but consider this: After one weekend in theaters, The Force Awakens has surpassed the previous record holder for ticket sales - Jurassic World - at nearly $240 million in North America alone. The film has netted some $517 million worldwide, which puts Ford's share of the profits above $2.5 million after just three days, a number that the Guardian projects could rise to some $9 million.

Fisher, according to the Daily Mail, was paid some $1.5 million to return as Princess Leia, while Hamill's salary has not yet been made public.

The film's up-and-coming actors, though, received much less lucrative deals. Both Daisy Ridley and John Boyega were paid just under $450,000, plus they'll receive a "small cut" of box office revenue after ticket sales have hit $1 billion, the Daily Mail reported.

Still, Ridley and Boyega have a substantial leg up on the original actors when it comes to salaries for the first Star Wars film, according to Yahoo. Ford reportedly made something like $10,000 (in 1970s dollars) for Episode IV: A New Hope. (He leveraged this to $100,000 for The Empire Strikes Back and around $500,000 for The Return of the Jedi.)

Hamill fared better in salary negotiations for the first movie: He was allegedly paid something like $650,000 to play Luke Skywalker in A New Hope, plus .25% of profits and royalties. Fisher has never named her salary for the first installment, but has said she failed to secure royalties from the use of Princess Leia's likeness. She did receive the same percentage of the film's income as Hamill, though.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Fortune reported that Ford stands to make more than $34 million for his return as Han Solo...hmmm - about 50 times what the little people in the film made - no doubt we'll soon be hearing cries of outrage and anguish from the likes of Bernie and Hillary who are dedicated to saving the middle class from the rape and greed of Wall Street and their overpaid and pampered private enterprise bosses......

[StormEye]

"He’s not looking too good himself these days. Horrible in fact."

I don't think he looked bad at all. He looked better than his age (71 or 72)? He looked fit and trim. And he certainly looked light years better than the frumpy/overweight Carie Fischer.

[minnesota_bound]

There will be no gross profits. Hollywood accounting will erase all!!

Wiki: According to Lucasfilm, Return of the Jedi, despite having earned $475 million at the box office against a budget of $32.5 million, “has never gone into profit”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting

How Hollywood Accounting Can Make a $450 Million Movie ‘Unprofitable’
Erase any possible profit, the studio charges this “movie corporation” a big fee that overshadows the film’s revenue. For accounting purposes, the movie is a money “loser” and there are no profits to distribute.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/09/how-hollywood-accounting-can-make-a-450-million-movie-unprofitable/245134/

[Jack Hammer]

Thirty-four million dollars?

Nice work if you can get it.

[TexasGator]

“That would be net profits. Gross is a percentage of the gross revenue, net is after expenses,”

Gross is AFTER expenses ....

“Gross profit is the profit a company makes after deducting the costs associated with making and selling its products, or the costs associated with providing its services.”

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=gross+profits

[rhoda_penmark]

I’m imagining “what if” the president was called a Schwartz???

ROTFL ROTFL

[rhoda_penmark]

See, that’s funny because of the penis/ black.......well, yoU get it

[MomwithHope]

I think he did it for the free facelift.

[MomwithHope]

Hubby and I saw it yesterday. Both of us thought it was as stinker. 2 stars at best. Same old formula, similar plot, similar humor. Ford just too old looking he should have had some work done. If he was the father of a 20 something he should not have looked so old. Looked more like his grandfather. He really moved like an old guy in some of those fight scenes and they never bothered to get his hair to match from scene to scene. The new actors were pretty good.

[day10]

I agree with you, though I’ll go 2.5 stars just for the fun my sons and I had with all the references. The “parsecs mistake” was great, if you know what I am referring to. (Trying not to spoil)

[Fightin Whitey]

[MomwithHope]

That move can’t be spoiled IMO. Also thought cheap rip off of LOTR (Gandalf) when Solo falls down the chasm, you know he’ll be back. And the female star, she was a good actress, kept reminding me of using the popularity of hunger games, female warrior hero and all that. Glad you and your sons had fun.

[safeasthebanks]

"Fisher, according to the Daily Mail, was paid some $1.5 million to return as Princess Leia, while Hamill's salary has not yet been made public."

I'll say what those attached to the movie can't - Ford gets so much more because he's the only decent (not great) actor of the three. As evidenced by his career outside of Star Wars.

[Drew68]

she failed to secure royalties from the use of Princess Leia's likeness.

"Every time I look in the mirror I have to send you a check for a couple of bucks!"

Carrie Fisher Roasts George Lucas at AFI Life Achievement Award

[CA Conservative]

Hamill was in the film for less than a minute and had no lines. Whatever he was paid, it was probably too much.

True, but the scene strongly suggests that Hamill will return in the next movie.

[DoodleDawg]

So in other words Ford cost about 8% of the opening weekend gross. If this move’s gross hits 10 figures like they’re expecting then that’ll seem like petty cash.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I’m betting that the character Rey turns out to be Luke’s daughter.

[Sybeck1]

Forget Life Day this holiday season, celebrate Droid Day instead!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sClBNY1EISU

[Bender2]

Re: How much did the gay robot make?

Gadzooks! Just because his left arm was red... doesn't make him a Bi-bot!

Now, if you are all "Red"... that's a different story--

Oh pshaw, Bendy! That's an old... Dragbot tale!

Then again... maybe not--

Master Luke, please! I'm not gay... Data is just so damned cute!

No problem, C3P0. Leia and I... are wishing we were on "Game of Thrones"

Well, then, if that was true... 35 years ago--

Ben would be your brat, Luke... and I'd still be flying the Millennium Falcon with Chewbacca!

[SevenofNine]

Personally Bender I rather watch History Channel Vikings next February and Last Kingdom on BBC America

Games is throne is sci fi version of War of the Roses if I want see that I bing watch the White Queen from Starz channel