Here's how much the cast of 'Stranger Things' will earn for the final season
- "Stranger Things" is one of the most-watched shows on Netflix.
- Now its cast is being paid in the millions because of it.
Leading up to the fifth and final season of Netflix's hit "Stranger Things," there have been some major negotiations behind the scenes in which the cast regulars on the show — yes, close to 20 actors — went in together to renegotiate their contracts, according to Puck News' Matthew Belloni.
What resulted was Netflix offering four separate tiers for the cast to be paid under.
Below is a breakdown of the tiers and which cast members fall under each one.
Winona Ryder and David Harbour will each earn $9.5 million in season 5.
When the show started back in 2016, it was Ryder who was the only known face among the cast. Harbour, who was a character actor pre "Stranger Things," suddenly shot to fame due to the show.
As a result, they are both sitting in the top tier of the pay scale, according to Puck, with both expected to take in $9.5 million.
It's unknown what the two were making initially when the show started, but Puck reports that both actors made $2.8 million each for season three.
Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Finn Wolfhard, and Noah Schnapp will each earn just under $7 million.
The original four boys on the series, plus the rest of the cast, are making some major bank — not just for the final season, but also for the work they did in season four.
Because some of the episodes last season ran so long — which meant the cast had to spend more time on set — these raises also account for that, according to Puck.
The child actors have come a long way (and we don't mean by literally growing up before our eyes). They were paid $25,000 per episode when the show started, according to Puck.
Sadie Sink is also part of the second-tier payment.
Sadie Sink's evolution in the show is one of the most impressive — so much so that her team negotiated to bump her up to the second tier on the pay scale, according to Puck.
She'll be earning just under $7 million for the final season like Matarazzo, McLaughlin, Wolfhard, and Schnapp.
Natalia Dyer and Charlie Heaton will each make just under $6 million.
Two of the original teens on the show are part of the third tier.
Maya Hawke and Joe Keery will also be getting third-tier money.
Hawke and Keery will also be getting paid just under $6 million each.
Other supporting cast members will be getting "much less."
Puck didn't name any actors who are in this tier.
And Millie Bobby Brown... her deal with Netflix is already "ridiculously lucrative."
As the breakout star of the series, Brown is already making some major coin.
Along with playing Eleven on the show and making the "Enola Holmes" movies for the streaming giant, she's also lined up to star in the Russo brothers' ("The Gray Man") next big release for the service, "The Electric State."
Puck didn't give an exact number on what Brown is making for the final season of "Stranger Things" or her overall deal with Netflix, but the report did say it's "ridiculously lucrative."
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