Revealing the 'huge' salaries of Hoai Linh and the actors

Previously, a salary of 100 million VND/movie was considered 'huge', but now top actors being paid 1 billion VND/role is normal.

Salaries are quite a sensitive issue and are always kept secret by actors and producers because they are contractual agreements and cannot be made public.

However, how much they get paid for each role still leaks out one way or another.

In Hollywood, actors not only get paid after completing their roles but also receive a percentage of the box office profits when the film is released.

Therefore, A-list actors like Leonardo DiCaprio, Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise or Robert Downey Jr, Johnny Depp, Sandra Bullock... sometimes receive up to 50 million USD for each role.

However, in Vietnam, the way to calculate salary is still 'pay in one lump sum'. Therefore, whether a film has a loss or a revenue of tens of billions, the actors still receive the full salary as agreed before filming.

Thai Hoa is the first actor to receive a salary of 9 zeros.

During 2007-2008, top stars like Ngo Thanh Van and Thanh Hang were considered the 'queens' of the box office when their salaries for each role were up to hundreds of millions. This was considered an 'unimaginable' level.

In recent years, with the appearance of a series of films that broke box office records with sales of tens of billions, even hundreds of billions of VND such as Bloody Heart, Teo Em, Let's Wait for Mai to Calculate 2... the actors' salaries have also increased accordingly.

If in the past, a salary of hundreds of millions paid to actors in movies was rare, now there are many actors receiving a salary of hundreds of millions, even billions of dong.

Industry insiders say that actor Thai Hoa's current salary is in the billions. Thai Hoa doesn't act in many films and is quite picky about directors, but each film with Thai Hoa's appearance is almost guaranteed to make money.

Therefore, although not really 'hot' in the press, Thai Hoa is still known as the 'box office king' because his films often earn tens of billions of dong and his salary is also up to billions of dong.

Not only Thai Hoa, there are many stars who have received billions of dong in salary. Among them are three comedians who have been very 'hot' recently such as Hoai Linh, Truong Giang, Viet Huong.

The attraction of game shows, especially comedy shows, including Thank God You're Here, Sunday Night Secret... and a series of TV shows in which they participated as actors or MCs or judges made Hoai Linh, Truong Giang, and Viet Huong become 'hot' phrases.

They are sought after and invited to participate in major film projects because producers are confident that just having these names will ensure revenue and attract audiences to theaters.

Therefore, these are also the 3 faces that appear the most in recent film projects such as Grass King (Viet Huong), 49 Days (Truong Giang) and the upcoming Old Man, Beauty and Gangster (Truong Giang, Hoai Linh).

An anonymous film producer revealed that if they don't have 3 billion now, they can't hope to invite Hoai Linh.

This young director also agreed to spend nearly 1 billion VND to invite Viet Huong to his first film even though she only played a supporting role. Meanwhile, the director only paid 70 million VND for the main role of Viet Huong in the film.

Commercial films are a fertile land for filmmakers and star actors.

The emergence of many new cinemas has created more opportunities for films to reach audiences and generate higher revenues. And this is also the opportunity for many new box office stars to appear.

However, this is only the salary for commercial films. For independent film projects or official films ordered by the government, actors usually only receive a symbolic salary or a salary that is quite low compared to the effort they put in.

In return, they have had memorable roles or many high awards. Few people know that the tearful role of actress Thuy Hang in the movie 'Nhung con be con cua lang' which just won the Silver Lotus award at the 19th Film Festival was less than 50 million VND.

Meanwhile, actor Trung Anh - who was just awarded Best Actor at the 19th Film Festival - received a salary of 80 million VND for the role of Mr. Thap.

The film producer revealed that this is twice the salary paid to main actors in state-ordered films.

However, that was a worthy salary for the role that took Trung Anh a whole month of filming in the hot sun of Quang Tri.

In the era of instant noodle movies in the early 1990s, actor Ly Hung could receive a salary of up to 60 taels of gold for each movie he participated in. Today, this almost unimaginable record is still maintained with box office stars receiving billions of dong per movie.

With salaries worth a fortune, producers are still willing to spend because they are sure that the appearance of names like Thai Hoa, Hoai Linh, Truong Giang, Viet Huong... regardless of the quality of the film, good or bad, will attract a large audience of all genres to the theater.

According to VietNamNet