Vin Diesel made US$20 million for eighth ‘Fast and Furious’ film
Actor, who also had a producer credit on ‘The Fate of the Furious’, received performance bonus after it earned US$1.2 billion worldwide
The Fast and Furious film franchise has come a long way since the street-racing premise of its first outing in 2001 and leading star Vin Diesel’s salary reflects that.
Variety, the weekly entertainment magazine, reported the salaries for some of Hollywood's biggest stars on Tuesday, including Diesel, who made US$20 million for his role in last year's eighth Fast and Furious film, The Fate of the Furious.
As one of its original and biggest stars, Diesel’s pay has increased along with the growing success of the franchise, which has made more than US$5 billion from its films worldwide.
Diesel also served as a producer on The Fate of the Furious – as he has done on every film since 2009’s fourth instalment, Fast & Furious.
He received a performance bonus, too because the film made US$1.2 billion worldwide.
However, Diesel's efforts have not been drama free.
In 2016, franchise co-star Dwayne Johnson posted a message to Facebook on the last week of filming The Fate of the Furious calling out some of the film’s actors for being unprofessional.