Tim Miller says he spent two years making “Deadpool” and earned $225,000.
That sounds about right. Maybe a bit low considering the profit made
Musk made that much in a day since 2022.
That’s plenty of money
How??? He directed a movie for the biggest box office franchise in cinema history - a movie that went on to earn $782 million in the box office alone.
He earned $225,000 in two years of directing. That’s nothing.
What do you do for work? Because I think I need a career change.
I’m not just being snarky, but 6 figures USD would change my life.
Why is everyone in this thread comparing themselves to a popular ~60 year old director working in Hollywood?
Yes, it’s a good salary compared to the average person, but he’s not working an average job. He should be earning at least 5x more like his colleagues are.
It’s about ten times what I used to make in one year.
Also, he had the chance to negotiate a contract. If he didn’t either stand for more up front, or take points on the back end, that’s on him.
There’s plenty of directors available to direct MCU movies. There’s only one company making them. Not much leverage.
Not when your primary work is irregular and you basically have to live and breath the work for the many months you are attached to it. Basically every waking hour you are on the clock, which makes the hourly rate pretty low.
Bruh that’s a lot of money though.
It’s 9375 per month. That’s quite a bit over double my salary.
It’s not an outrageous salary but it’s still a really good salary.
Its more than that per month. Above (I think) $160k, you don’t pay FICA (Social Security) anymore for the year, so more of that goes in your pocket. The reason is that the Social Security benefit you receive later never goes above a certain amount.
Edit: I missed the “2 year” part and my original statement was for 1 year.
$225k/24 months is exactly $9375/month, and may or may not have exceeded the FICA tax limit at the time, depending on how he was paid. If it was paid out biweekly like a normal paycheck, it wouldn’t have gotten close, but if it was a lump sum when he finished, it definitely would have.
Paying two years of work as a lump sum at the end is a pretty terrible thing to do to employees, so I hope they didn’t. There may be other options, I’m not familiar with the norms in filmmaking.
maybe he got free mint mobile service for a year, too
No, it’s was a $15/mo deal (for three months, prepaid up front, then $45/mo afterward).
Is this really how the mint mobile deal is? That doesn’t seem like much of a deal at all.
