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On this year’s first episode for Stranger Universe, I will talk about the cast salaries
for Stranger Things 5, and how that might impact the final season of the popular Netflix
series!
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The cast of Stranger Things will be getting a huge pay raise for the show’s fifth and
final season.
Stranger Things 5 will mark the end of Netflix's most popular series to date, wrapping up the
story of our gang of friends in Hawkins, Indiana, and their battle with the Upside Down.
No release date has been revealed, and it won’t be announced for sometime, but season
5 is expected to be released on Netflix in 2024.
Creators Matt and Ross Duffer have stated that Stranger Things season 5 will take place
almost entirely in Hawkins, focus mainly on Noah Schnapp's Will Byers, and it won’t
introduce any new characters.
The show has skyrocketed in popularity since it first premiered in 2016.
The cast members of the hit series have also become bigger celebrities as time has gone
on, and it seems now that their hard work will literally pay off in a big way.
According to the news outlet Puck, almost every major cast member in the show recently
took part in negotiations for new contracts for season 5.
The report stated that each cast member was placed into a certain "tier," which decided
the amount of money they will be making for the final season.
Tier 1 includes the two adult leads, David Harbour and Winona Ryder, who will be making
$9.5 million each across the season's eight episodes.
For comparison, Ryder and Harbour earned $350,000 each in Season 3 of the show, which translates
to around $2.8 million for the season.
Tier 2 consists of Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, and Gaten Matarazzo, the
original four young male stars that the series has focused on since Season 1.
It will also include Sadie Sink, who wasn't brought on until Season 2.
Their new contracts will award them each over $7 million for Season 5.
For comparison, in Season 1, the original four stars made $25,000 per episode.
Tier 3 consists of the other teens that regularly show up in the series such as Natalia Dyer,
Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, and Charlie Heaton, who will each be making over $6 million with
their new contracts.
Tier 4 will include everyone else not mentioned above, and the specific amount of money they
will make wasn't disclosed, but the figure will be "much less" than those in the other
tiers.
Millie Bobby Brown, who is thought of as the show's true main lead, doesn't fit into one
of these tiers, as she has an exclusive contract with Netflix.
Lots of fans speculate that she will be paid over $10 million, though we shall expect more
details later on when Stranger Things season 5 gets released.
With the cast salaries around $80 million not including Millie Bobby Brown, it is safe
to say that Stranger Things 5 will have an even bigger budget than Stranger Things 4.
It wouldn’t shock me if season 5 turns the show into the most expensive show on television.
With the entire VFX industry behind season 5, the scale of the season might be the biggest
yet, even if the season itself won’t span across continents like season 4.
We can’t wait to see what this year will bring in terms of the final season.
Here’s hoping that Stranger Things 5 is the show’s best season.
Overall, super exciting times.
And that is all that we have for today.
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