How much is Stan Lee paid for his cameos in MCU films?
I have done some research for a question similar to this (but fundamentally different from it) on SF&F, but I couldn't come up with any specific numbers.
The Screen Actors Guild requires that actors be paid for their time, and the rates depend on:
Whether the part includes lines
How many days the actor is on set
Whether the actor is prominent in his or her scenes
And a number of other factors.
Stan Lee appears in most MCU films, usually speaking a line or two, and always in a prominent place onscreen. I'm not sure whether he's an SAG member.
Do we know how much he is paid for these cameos, assuming (as it seems safe to do) that he is paid at all?
If such information is unavailable, can we hypothesize about how much a person should make in roles along these?
Best Answer
According to CNN, Lee said,
I hate to admit this, but I do not share in the movie's profits. I just share in the interviews, in the glamour, in the people saying, "Wow, I love that movie, Stan" -- but I'm not a participant in the profits.
Also checkout around 6:58 of the video.
And his net worth is estimated to be anywhere from $50 to $200 million already.
And it is safe to say it's usually honorary but it is rumored that he is paid for the spoken part.
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Does Stan Lee get paid for cameos?
According to CNN, Lee said, I hate to admit this, but I do not share in the movie's profits. I just share in the interviews, in the glamour, in the people saying, "Wow, I love that movie, Stan" -- but I'm not a participant in the profits. Also checkout around 6:58 of the video.How much did Stan Lee make from MCU?
Lee stepped away from regular duties at Marvel in the 1990s, though he continued to receive an annual salary of $1 million as chairman emeritus.Did Stan Lee get paid for Marvel movies?
But Stan Lee was never an owner of Marvel, so he failed to cash in. Lee said he regretted signing a contract with Marvel in 1998 that supposedly would pay him a share of the profits from movies and TV shows based on characters he created.How much was Stan Lee paid for Spider-Man?
The dispute centred on Marvel's claim that Mr Lee was not due a share of profits from the first Spider-Man movie, which took more than $800m at the worldwide box office and more than $100m from associated toys. It had instead been paying him a salary of $1m a year for a 15-hour week.3 New MCU Stan Lee Cameos Have Been Filmed - What Movies Are They For?
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