Furlong made $30K for this?

When Macauley Culkin did Home Alone he was paid $20,000. I guess there's nothing new about Hollywood paying kid actors peanuts.

I had thought they didn't actually pay the kid actor all that money for him to spend. I thought it was more that they put it into a bank account that they can't use til they turn 18. But what do I know?

Ed Furlong wasn't the draw. Arnie was, the Terminator name was along with bringing back Linda Hamilton in a Terminator sequel.

Just like when everyone went mental over the guy from Captain Phillips. He got paid basic SAG rate for a no name.

This from an article,
"Abdi was paid just $65,000 for his work on the Tom Hanks film, a salary which he received two years ago. "

People were going bat shit about that. Like they expect a no name actor to get paid 20 million upfront for a film they didnt even know if would be successful.

Yeh they knew Terminator may be successful as much as they thought Predator 2 would be successful. But Furlongs name under the title doesnt really help that in any way so they get the usual SAG rate.

The Screen Actors Guild minimum for an actor is $60,000 — it’s the rate that Jonah Hill earned for “The Wolf of Wall Street and nobody went batshit at Scorcese or the numerous ovther cases where actors get paid minimum. Jonah Hill wasnt a no name, but the role could have been filled by 10 other people on his same level, just so happens he killed it and maybe the next film he asks for more if he is a supporting or side character.

Thing is if it is successful they get a bonus with all the interviews they get after promotion contract ends, merch and a whole list of things on something as big as T-2

Hopefully his contract entitled him to a percentage of residuals, or whatever.

That's not bad for a 13 y/o for his first movie. It would be $65,000 today.

Pacino made the same amount in TGF2.

Most kids don't make as much as adults. Chandler Riggs was fired from Walking Dead because he turned 18 and they were unwilling to pay him an adult salary.

Wow that’s not much. He should have gotten a backend bonus.