Tim Miller.
Han Myung-gu/WireImagedead pool It was a box office smash, but the director… Tim Miller He did not personally reap the benefits of his success.
Miller, 60, who made his directorial debut with the 2016 superhero film, revealed his surprising salary during an interview with… Collider Released on Tuesday, December 24th.
“You guys may not know, but it's not really lucrative to be a first-time director in Hollywood, and I'll tell you exactly,” the director said. “I got paid $225,000 to direct dead pool. I know that sounds like a lot of money, but for two years of work, it's not a lot of money.
Striking a healthy work-life balance can be difficult for anyone, especially when you're writing and starring in one of the biggest superhero film franchises. Ryan Reynolds teased what Deadpool's future holds in the Marvel Cinematic Universe while speaking with Andrew Garfield for Variety's “Actors on Actors” series on Monday, December 9.
“Not that I'm not grateful,” Miller continued, “I'm very grateful, that's the way you're supposed to do it when you're a first-time director. My agent said, 'Dude, you're making more money on an episode of the series.'” The walking dead“”
Miller's payment paled in comparison to the more than $782 million the film earned at the box office. However, he feels “uniquely lucky” to be a part of dead pool The franchise, which continued into 2018 Deadpool 2 And 2024 Deadpool Wolverinedirected by David Leach and Shawn Levyrespectively.
“My second thought is that I wish my director’s deals had some promotion in it so I could get some money out of it all,” Miller said.
dead pool Star and co-producer Ryan Reynolds He didn't get rich from the 2016 movie either.
Kevin Mazur/WireImage Ryan Reynolds hasn't worked out with wife Blake Lively since they tied the knot — and it may be down to economics. Reynolds, 47, joked to Comicbook.com that he and Lively, 36, haven't shared the screen lately because he “can't afford her.” Reynolds was promoting his upcoming film with Hugh Jackman, (…)
“No part of me was thinking when dead pool “We finally got the green light that this was going to be successful,” Reynolds, 48, said. New York Times In July. “I even gave up getting paid to make the film just to get it back on screen. They wouldn't let my colleagues write Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick On set, so I took what little salary I had left and paid them to be on set with me so we could have an actual writers room.
Reynolds stands by his decision not to get paid, and he believes that dead pool Turns out he's better for it.
He said about the film, which had a budget of $58 million compared to a budget of $200 million: “I think that one of the biggest enemies of creativity is too much time and money, and this movie had neither time nor money.” Deadpool Wolverine. “It really reinforced the focus on the character more than the scene, which is a little harder to do in a comic book movie. I was interested in every minute detail and I haven't felt that way in a very long time. I remember wanting to feel that more — and not just dead pool“But on anything.”
After guidance dead poolMiller went on to create animated anthology series Love, death and robots. He also directed 2019 Terminator: Dark Fate.
