What we suspected about the salaries of the cast of Stranger Things for season 5

Stranger Things advances with the production of season 5 for Netflix. And while there are no details on what will happen in the fifth installment, at least the reports indicate the large sums of money that the cast will earn in the final installment of the series.

stranger thingsthe hit sci-fi thriller drama from the streaming platform Netflix which appeared in May of last year with season 4, will return to fans’ screens with the fifth and final installment of the show. A closure that promises to be totally emotional, since the life of one of its main characters is up in the air.

The scripts for Season 5 have been in the works since August 2021, while the cast members prepare to go into filming sometime in the coming months. This will be the last installment and fans will have the opportunity to say goodbye to each of the characters they have followed since 2016.

There is no doubt that this will be a sad farewell for the viewers and for the cast members, who have shared so many moments on the film set over the years. And while the cast of the series are warming up to start filming, the latest reports reveal the large sums of money they will earn with season 5.

The Big Cast Pay Raises In Stranger Things Season 5

The stars of Stranger Things, david harbor and Winona Ryder, will receive big salary increases for the next season of the hit sci-fi drama. According to The Direct, the two adult leads of the Netflix series will earn $9.5 million each for a total of eight episodes. The outlet also noted that this is more than the $350,000 per episode that Harbor and Ryder received in the third installment, which works out to roughly $2.8 million for the season.

Meanwhile, the youngest members of the Stranger Things cast, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo and Sadie Sink, will each earn over $7 million for season 5. Besides, Natalia Dyer, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke and Charlie Heaton, have signed new contracts worth more than $6 million.

The report also notes that the rest of the Stranger Things cast will have new contracts, though they are not specified and are said to be “far less” than what the aforementioned stars earn. In particular, the protagonist of the series, Millie Bobby Brownis not included in the contract renegotiations due to its overall agreement with Netflix, which also includes the franchise of Enola Holmes and other possible future projects.