Jim Parsons
Like Sheldon Cooper, Jim Parsons took the world by storm when he joined The Big Bang Theory cast. He was able to deliver hilarious one-liners without missing a beat. Like Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki, he became a household name thanks to the sitcom. In the last season of the show, he had been making $900,000 per episode. This was not always the case. During the first three seasons of the show, he had been making a maximum of $60,000 per episode. When the fourth season rolled in, the stars renegotiated their contracts and made $200,000 per episode instead. For every season that came after that, their salary increased by $50,000 per episode. The longevity and the popularity of the sitcom have allowed the stars to profit from it even though it has ended. Parsons is expected to make $10 million a year from the reruns!
Jim Parsons
David Schwimmer
If you are a fan of Friends, we are sure that you know David Schwimmer as the guy who played Ross. He continues to cash in $20 million checks for his work on the sitcom! After it came to an end, he went on to star in projects like American Crime Story, The Laundromat, and Madagascar. The first episode of the show came out on September 22, 1994. He played the lovesick paleontologist, one of the six core members of the cast. To this day, people continue to reference one line uttered by the actor on the show: “We were on a break!” The sitcom was on the air for ten seasons and saw a lot of success during its run. As a matter of fact, the finale of the show had a viewership of 52.5 million viewers. It is not hard to understand why the royalties are so big.
David Schwimmer