Fiction does pay, especially when it is James Bond. The James Bond franchise has continually brought in millions of dollars since the film series began in the 1960s. The top ten revenue earners alone brought in $6.19 billion dollars in 2012 dollars.
Being a James Bond actor is lucrative as well. The highest paid James Bond was Sean Connery who earned $729 million per movie followed by less well known George Lazenby who earned $665 million for being James Bond in "Her Majesty's Secret Service."
However, don't let these numbers fool you. James Bond is for the most part, an exception to the rule of actor income. According to Actor Point, the minimum salary for a principle performing actor is $2,272 per week or $118,144 per year if they can find work for a whole year. The median number of $50,833 is lower per Salary.com.
Another organization called Simply Hired states the average acting job pays $62,000. Pay special attention to the wording here. "Acting job" is not the same as "actor," meaning the jobs probably pay more than actors on average get paid. Cracked puts it in a more realistic perspective in "5 awful things nobody tells you about being an actor." Specifically, fame is less likely than getting hit by a satellite, and acting involves "no real skill set," unrelated work, and non-performing roles.
Salary statistics can be misleading and should be taken with a grain of salt when pursuing any career. Averages and median numbers smooth out large tail end extremes that include thousands if not hundreds of thousands of professionals in the field. Fiction can pay millions, but rarely does in contrast to the actual numbers of films produced annually and the number of actors it takes to complete those lower earning productions.
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