Why big name Hollywood actresses are paid less than male stars?
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
Calgary, Alberta
November 4, 2017 2:15pm CST
The Wonder Woman movie earned 800 Million dollars at this moment and Gal Gadot earned only 300 thousand. Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp's more recent movies are flops but they got paid higher. Tom Cruise makes $48 Million per movie despite of his string of flops.
The Highest paid Hollywood male star Mark Wahlberg at $68 M per movie.
The highest paid actress at this moment is Emma Stone who earns $25 Million per movie.
Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan makes $38M per movie, He makes more money than Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence!
Hollywood kept bragging their more liberal and they are all about equality for women right?
There are so many actresses who are box office draws but why are they paid less than the male stars who draws less?
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@marguicha (215424)
• Chile
4 Nov 17
Check in every activity in the world and women are paid less for doing the same job.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
9 Nov 17
@marguicha Iceland, Sweden, Philippines, Norway, Ireland and Nicaragua have equal gender pays. Philippines though have age discrimination.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
5 Nov 17
There are some countries where men and women are paid equally and only get paid higher for their performance.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
4 Nov 17
Exactly. That is the Hollywood hypocrisy. Just as Hollywood covered for Harvey Weinstein.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
5 Nov 17
Speaking of Weinsten, More executives and producers who are pedos, rapists and power abusers who uses casting couch are being outed.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
6 Nov 17
From what I know, Many countries dont have equal pay for women to force women to choose being a stay at home mom. It is an old American law that is not updated until now.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
5 Nov 17
Even winning awards and being a draw don't seemed to help actresses. The women have to deal with perves like Weinstein. Men have casting couch situation too, Perverted old closeted gay producers.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
9 Nov 17
@yugocean I am starting to think female audience may have something to do with it also. They prefer supporting handsome actors they have crush with instead of a talented actress. Making the men bigger draws in most cases.
@yugocean (9965)
• India
6 Nov 17
@CaptAlbertWhisker this cannot be deny, but this is all about fees charged by actors and actress, they are not salaried.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
5 Nov 17
Philippines may have the most murderous president at this moment but somehow I just realized one thing. Men and women are paid equally there and the highest paid actor there is an actress.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
5 Nov 17
@LadyDuck The pay gap in The Philippines actually favors women and most jobs originally for men pays higher for women. It is actually 7th in the world in Payment equality gap. The discrimination in the Philippines though is against people over 30. Youth is prioritized over experience.
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
5 Nov 17
@CaptAlbertWhisker I know very little about salaries in the Philippines, but I remember very well a member here complained that men are paid more than women at her working place.
@RasmaSandra (73407)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Nov 17
No matter what they all are paid they make much more than anyone else does. What I think is that it is alright to give big salaries to actors and actresses as long as they put in the hard work and make movies everyone can enjoy.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
4 Nov 17
I still think it is unfair though that women are paid less despite of box office success while men are still paid more despite of multiple flops.
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@RasmaSandra (73407)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5 Nov 17
@CaptAlbertWhisker that I agree with must be male domination and of course that should change. I remember reading in the golden days of Hollywood that if an actor or even actress no longer brought in good money to the studio and started making bad movies the studio would put them out to pull themselves together or dropped them entirely. In this case if the male actor in question started making a string of flop he should be dropped. That way the money paid him goes back into the till. I wonder why lesser paid actresses don't just protest and demand bigger pay.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
5 Nov 17
@RasmaSandra Johnny Depp has been flopping for years and it is a head scratcher that he is still paid higher than the top paid actresses.
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@kobesbuddy (74564)
• East Tawas, Michigan
4 Nov 17
I believe a well known name earns more money. As they progress in their career, they earn a higher amount. The ones who aren't that well known, earn a lesser amount. Females? I guess they might earn less money, I really don't know why.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
5 Nov 17
Even lesser known guys are paid more than some of the most popular girls. Imagine a Bollywood actor makes more money than Jennifer Lawrence and Rosario Dawson.
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32507)
• Calgary, Alberta
5 Nov 17
@kobesbuddy Jai Courney, A guy who flops on the movie he leaded and only successful as character actor makes more money than more successful actresses.
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@kobesbuddy (74564)
• East Tawas, Michigan
5 Nov 17
@CaptAlbertWhisker It is wrong, to put it bluntly!
