The $1 Billion Deal Most Actors Never Get
Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, and Kaley Cuoco each negotiated a 1% stake in Big Bang Theory’s backend profits. The show pulls in over $1 billion annually in syndication, earning each of them an extra $10 million a year from reruns alone. Then, in a rare move, the original cast voluntarily took a $100,000 per episode pay cut to raise their co-stars’ salaries.