How much do actors get paid a day?

What actors?) There's minimum SAG wage and there's top stars. For example, actor receives $1000/shooting day. He have 17 shooting days out of the 5 weeks that shooting lasts… so he get only $17000 in total... read more

Non-union short films are usually passion projects where actors often work for free or only get fed or are paid a nominal $50-$150/day. That's for shooting days only. Rehearsals are hardly ever paid for at non-union shorts. read more

Actors are also paid on a weekly basis. Weekly performers and stunt performers earn much more than their daily counterparts, but also must work for five days to qualify for the weekly rate. These performers are each paid a minimum of $2,979 as of July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014. read more