Highlights
- Johnny Galecki is making $10 million per year from his 1% share of The Big Bang Theory’s backend profits.
- Other sitcoms, like Friends, negotiated an even larger 2% share of backend profits, resulting in $20 million per year for the main cast.
- Galecki’s salary increase on TBBT caused some tension among cast members, with Kunal Nayyar and Simon Helberg pushing for salary parity and almost being written off the show.
Looking back, it all worked out for Johnny Galecki. The actor was on the verge of leaving Hollywood and starting a new career as a bathroom designer. However, once The Big Bang Theory came along, his career forever changed.
Nowadays, Galecki, Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco are making millions for The Big Bang Theory.
In the following, we’re going to take a look at Galecki’s current salary, despite the fact that he hasn’t appeared on TBBT or other projects in years. We’ll reveal how much the actor is making, and what he’s currently up to these days.
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Johnny Galecki Is Making 1% Of The Backend TBBT Profits, Translating To $10 Million Per Year
Johnny Galecki has kept his career quiet since The Big Bang Theory came to an end. As for the rest of the cast, they have remained active for the most part in films and television, particularly Kaley Cuoco, Mayim Bialik, Melissa Rauch and Simon Helberg. All four have taken part in noteworthy projects since TBBT ended.
As for Galecki, he remains off the map, and he’s more than fine with a net worth of $100 million. So how does his net worth keep climbing? Simple, a percentage of the backend profits.
CinemaBlend notes that The Big Bang Theory cast could make an incredible amount of money from reruns. It is believed that Cuoco, Parsons and Galecki agreed to 1% of the backend shares. It doesn’t seem like much, but factor in that TBBT typically makes around $1 billion per year with syndication rights and other extras. This means that Galecki and his other two castmates are sitting on $10 million per year, which is very impressive.
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Although this is a big number, other sitcoms were able to negotiate an even larger figure. Take the cast of Friends, who agreed to 2% of the backend profits. This results in $20 million per year for the six main cast members. Not too shabby either.
Johnny Galecki Boosted His Per Episode Rate To $1 Million, But It Didn’t Sit Well With Every Cast Member
It should be noted that Kunal Nayyar and Simon Helberg weren’t upset at Johnny Galecki’s salary boost. Instead, they felt as though they deserved a raise as well. The negotiations for Nayyar and Helberg were very problematic and almost resulted in Helberg and Nayyar being written off during season 8.
Variety wrote, “Sources said Helberg and Nayyar negotiated jointly through a lawyer who pushed hard for salary parity with the other trio. But during the past 48 hours the studio made a take-it-or-leave-it offer and a deadline of 3 p.m. PT today. The actors’ rep was advised that their characters would be written out of the series if a deal could not be reached.”
“Sources said it was not just the studio playing hardball. Exec producers Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro were so frustrated by the prolonged negotiations that they were in the process of preparing a script that did not involve Helberg or Nayyar’s characters in order to move forward with the first table read of the season.”
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Thankfully, an agreement was reached between the two sides, and Nayyar and Helberg were able to continue until the very end.
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As expected, Galecki has still received offers since TBBT came to an end. The Conners came calling for Galecki to appear, but it just didn’t work out in the end.
Executive producers for The Conners Bruce Helford and Dave Caplan revealed Galecki is content with his current circumstances.
“We even approached [Galecki] for this episode, to be honest with you,” Helford told TVLine. “It was just one of those things where it didn’t work out — and like you say, he’s certainly taking a step away, taking a breather, and we understand that. But we have to deal with what’s going on in the Conners’ lives, so we just decided this was the time [to address David’s absence].”
“The last time Johnny was here, he really went out of his way to say how much he loved not only the legacy of the show, but what we’re doing with The Conners,” Caplan added. “He’s a big fan, and he loved being on the show. But real life tends to take priority, and if he needs to step away, we all respect that.”
It remains to be seen when the actor returns. He might even return behind the camera given his past statements on potentially writing or directing.
Source: NewsFinale
