Jim Carrey was paid $7 million for the original Dumb and Dumber, while his co-star Jeff Daniels — who shared top billing! — made just $50,000. Carrey wasn’t a big star when Dumb and Dumber went into production in 1994 and the comedy’s total budget was just $16 million — so how did he walk away with so much? “They offered him $350,000 to do the movie and he passed,” explains Peter Farrelly.
It’s an easy calculation: how many tickets will that star sell more than if they weren’t in the movie? Based on that you’ll get an amount of dollars you can pay out to that actor.
It’s an easy calculation: how many tickets will that star sell more than if they weren’t in the movie? Based on that you’ll get an amount of dollars you can pay out to that actor.