do they get paid after or before?

Question

do actors get paid after the movie is made?.........pretend you got paid 500,000 for a movie....do u also get paid even more because of the gross points....because usually movies take a while to be set in theaters and or on DVD....soo basically what iam saying is...after you get 500,000 making the movie do you get even more money because of the merchandise of the movie..etc

Answer 1

You get paid according to the agreement in your contract. Maybe some before, some after, gross points only if they are in the contract. The only other money you would make is residual payments for re-release or tv or dvd releases, etc. But not from merchandise unless it is in your contract.