Hello and thank you for being a DL contributor. We are changing the login scheme for contributors for simpler login and to better support using multiple devices. Please click here to update your account with a username and password.

Hello. Some features on this site require registration. Please click here to register for free.

Hello and thank you for registering. Please complete the process by verifying your email address. If you can't find the email you can resend it here.

Hello. Some features on this site require a subscription. Please click here to get full access and no ads for $1.99 or less per month.

Does the Gunther actor from Friends get royalties still?

Would he making a living off it given Friends is streamed and aired everywhere?

by Anonymousreply 11June 21, 2021 4:33 PM

I have no idea if these sites are at all reliable but here's some info OP

Offsite Link
by Anonymousreply 1May 10, 2021 11:12 AM

Is it true that the main cast makes tens of millions through royalties? I heard a figure of up to $20m a year.

Did they get to sign lucrative agreements when they had to consider the new world of streaming?

by Anonymousreply 2May 10, 2021 11:46 AM

I found Gunther hot. But I’m also the guy who found Elton John hot. Be kind. I just have a type.

by Anonymousreply 3May 10, 2021 1:43 PM

Rich elderly entertainers R3?

by Anonymousreply 4May 10, 2021 1:48 PM

From independent.co.uk... no use to post a link, as everyone knows, so here's the article itself:

[boldl]How much the cast of Friends makes from reruns[/bold]

Friends may have ended in 2004, but the show has remained popular and binge-worthy 15 years on.

As a result of the continued support from fans, the cast continues to make significant profits from their iconic roles, even after giving up their regular spots at the Central Perk.

While some episodes and themes of the show may not have aged well, that hasn’t stopped Warner Bros from earning $1bn a year from syndication revenue, according to USA Today.

For the six main cast members, who earn two per cent of the show’s syndication revenue, it means an annual income of $20m each - just from reruns.

When Friends first aired, each cast member was paid $22,500 per episode, according to MarketPlace.

However, by the third season, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer were reportedly making $100,000 per episode.

By season nine, the cast had negotiated a salary of $1m each per episode, a deal that was, at the time, the largest-ever for a 30-minute television show.

During negotiations two years prior, it had been decided that the cast would receive syndication profits - a benefit that had previously only been offered to stars who had ownership rights in a show, according to The New York Times.

And despite it being 15 years since the last episode aired, it seems likely that the six main cast members will continue to profit from the sitcom - as Netflix proved Friends is still an extremely desirable commodity when it paid a reported $80m to Warner Bros to keep the show on the streaming service through 2019.

This article was originally published in August 2019.

by Anonymousreply 5May 10, 2021 1:49 PM

It's always on Comedy Central over here, so I can well believe that. Given that reruns from the 1970s are still shown over here for some shows, Are you Being Served,, Fawlty Towers, Dad's Army, I can well believe they will be coining it in for some time to come.

by Anonymousreply 6May 10, 2021 1:58 PM

According to IMDb, he was on 150 episodes. So he probably made anywhere over the years from $5000-$30,000 an episode by the end of the series. So do the math. And he probably gas residuals but those probably stopped a few years ago from the deal that he made for God. He doesn’t have the same deal that the main cast members had I would imagine. The

by Anonymousreply 7May 10, 2021 2:02 PM

Seriously. Don’t tell me I’m the only one who was turned on by Gunther!

by Anonymousreply 8May 10, 2021 2:14 PM

Actors get RESIDUALS, not royalties.

by Anonymousreply 9May 10, 2021 2:51 PM

I remember reading that he makes a lot of money doing personal appearances in the UK-where Friends is also huge.

by Anonymousreply 10May 10, 2021 3:26 PM

.....

Offsite Link
by Anonymousreply 11June 21, 2021 4:33 PM
Loading
Need more help? Click Here.

Yes indeed, we too use "cookies." Take a look at our privacy/terms or if you just want to see the damn site without all this bureaucratic nonsense, click ACCEPT. Otherwise, you'll just have to find some other site for your pointless bitchery needs.

×

Become a contributor - post when you want with no ads!