Unfair or deserved?: Actors in “The Odyssey” earned nearly $1 million for every minute on screen, except for the lead actor

Por Javiera Müller
31 July, 2026

Christopher Nolan spent more than 250 million dollars on ‘The Odyssey,’ and much of that money went straight into the pockets of a star-studded cast 🎬✨

But when the estimated salaries are compared with actual screen time, a contrast emerges that already has everyone talking. Matt Damon, who dominates nearly 85% of the footage, earned 15 million dollars. Zendaya, on the other hand, appears for just 5 minutes as Athena… and reportedly took home 5 million. Do the math: 1 million dollars per minute 🤯

Charlize Theron, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, among other icons, are also on the list of multimillion-dollar salaries. The industry has already dubbed it the ‘star-studded cast effect’: paying fortunes to the familiar faces on the poster, even if their actual presence in the plot is secondary.

AP

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