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Elijah wood says his 'lord of the rings' paycheck was not enough to rest easy for the rest of your life despite starring in a nearly $3 billion franchise. But cate blanchett said no one got paid anything. here's what we know about the cast's salaries. Elijah wood recently revealed that the “lord of the rings” trilogy, which made a huge profit from 2001 to 2003, did not end up in a big pay day for the cast.
Was Elijah Wood Underpaid For 'Lord Of The Rings'?
Elijah wood opens up about the salaries for the cast of the lord of the rings trilogy, and the figures are probably lower than what some fans might have expected. The lord of the rings is one of the biggest movie franchises of all time. At the 2025 texas film awards
Elijah wood said it was understandable that the lord of the rings cast didn't get paid much.
Last year, his costar cate blanchett joked she basically got free sandwiches to be in the films Lord of the rings star elijah wood recently spoke with business insider about his experience with this iconic trilogy. Despite their commercial success, the star was not paid adequately. Elijah wood has now come out claiming that the massively successful lord of the rings trilogy did not result in a profitable payday for the cast.
In a recent interaction, the actor said they were not able to renegotiate contracts while making the films. In an interview with business insider, lord of the rings star elijah wood revealed that his paycheck for doing all three movies in the trilogy ‘wasn’t massive’. Those actors are all millionaires now, and that is in large part thanks to the lord of the rings trilogy. Tolkien's story has resonated with so many people across the globe that it was picked up once more.
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The ring of power' began airing episodes of its first season on amazon prime video. The lord of the rings: The return of the king, the third film in peter jackson’s trilogy, premiered in theaters 20 years ago (on dec. 17, 2003) to throngs of moviegoers.
A place to discuss lord of the rings, the hobbit, and any of tolkien's work! Sean astin had disclosed his pay: $250,000 for all three films, including pickups; We can assume its a sliding scale, though:
The budget grew by a few millions the instant mortensen was cast, for instance.
Blanchett said she did the 2001 film for the chance to work with peter jackson, who directed the lord of the rings trilogy. I wanted to work with the guy who made [1992 horror comedy film] 'braindead,' she said. Welcome to r/comiccon, a subreddit covering news, updates, and assistance with attending comic con events from your region and from all over the world. Elijah wood got $250k for all three but after the movies were so successful they apparently gifted him $1 million.
The thing with lord of the rings is that because there were so many characters if you paid all the actors like you’d pay a blockbuster lead it would blow the budget. The classic 2001 film the lord of the rings: I'm pretty sure if it's a planned trilogy they would negotiate contracts ahead of time despite only shooting one movie at a time. No sensible movie studio would make the first part of a massive fantasy epic like that, with plans for 2 more movies, and just leave the actors up in the air and cross their fingers hoping they want to do the next two.
Elijah wood, the ensemble’s protagonist, reportedly earned about $250,000 for fellowship of the ring.
He was one of the few stars that was able to renegotiate for a higher rate on the sequels As for lord of the rings, no one was a big star, so they might have received a few million as the lead and no profit participation. Spielberg pioneereed profit sharing when he would get a few million up front, and demand points. Points are where, when the film opens (lets say 10 million), he gets a percentage of each weeks take.
This is gollum, a character from lord of the rings, the blockbuster film trilogy/my entire middle school identity, which elijah wood starred in lol.
