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TheFriends meeting brought much joy and tears to the casting and fans. But it also brought something else to the six stars of the show: a major payday. TheFriends The cast was paid A lot of money for the Meeting, which was created on HBO Max May 27

WhenFriends Achassait the end of his televised publication, the stars were able to negotiate a salary of $ 1 million each per episode, which was a huge deal at the time and is still considered an incredibly high number now. It is perhaps no surprise, however, they were able to bring even more at home than this to meet 17 years after the series wrapped. After all, a meeting was very high.

So how did they do? Read on to find out howLisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, Courteney Cox, andMatthew Perry were paid for each show season and the meeting last month.

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Internal business communityregistered the earnings distribution would have during the show's run. In season 1, that number was 22 to $ 500 per episode. The low pay (in terms of television) is not a shock because most stars were not very well known at the time. Seeing as the season had 24 episodes, which comes out to $ 540,000 in total - a lot of money, but half of what they wouldper episode later.

For season 2,FriendsWas a major blow, but it did not impact significantly the salaries of stars. They would have made between $ 22,500 and $ 40,000 this time. In this season, the cast members were different wages, but that would soon change. Aniston and Schwimmer, who were the story of the love of the show Rachel and Ross, were more than the other cast members.

It was in season 3 that the distribution began negotiating collective. This means they are all paid the same amount as the members of the distribution paid the lowest, but they would stick together and have more leverage effect since the show needed to keep them around. In season 3, they have each made $ 75,000 an episode.

"[The negotiations were] about:" We are doing equal work and we all deserve to be compensated in the same way, "said Aniston radio (viaEvening) In 2019. "I do not feel well go to work knowing that someone was in the amount of x and I get something bigger."

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In season 4, the distribution was increased to $ 10,000, bringing their salaries to $ 85,000 per episode each.

Therelatively Slow Build continues in season 5. The stars would have made $ 100,000 per episode for this midpoint.

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In season 6, $ 25 000 to $ 25 000 or more than all fees episode of Season 1 - was added on, bringing the total to $ 125,000 dollars.

It was for Season 7 that the salary has seriously increased. In April 2000, the sixth season ended,Entertainment weekly reported thatThe stars were negotiating for a huge increase for next season. Sources toldew they wanted as much as $ 800,000 per episode. An anonymous officer told the publication: "They have not been treated fairly up to this point they are so underpaid it's ridiculous.." For seasons 7 and 8, they found themselves close to their target assumed: $ 750,000 per episode for each main actor.

And now, the agreement of a million dollars. For seasons 9 and 10 of the show, the cast made $ 1 million per episode each.

This number was not entirely unforgettable time.ew reported in 2000 thatPaul Reiser andHelen Hunt received $ 1 million per episode Last seasonCrazy of you. According toVariety,Kelsey grammer waspaid $ 1.6 million per episode forBrittleFor his last two seasons. Nevertheless, paying six stars 1 million dollars each for 42 episodes was another story.

This brings us to the meeting. When the special was announced in February 2020,Variety reported that the stars were paidat least 2.5 million dollars each Review the show and their characters. TheThe Wall Street newspaper reported at the time of distributionwas initially offered $ 1 million, that they refused.

In addition to all the salary, they received to film over the years, the cast also gets about $ 20 million each year in syndication payments , according to United States today. Not bad for a group of a group previously broken 20 something.

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