{"id":231810,"date":"2026-03-31T20:29:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/george-clooneys-major-broadway-payday-revealed-in-new-report\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T20:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:29:29","slug":"george-clooneys-major-broadway-payday-revealed-in-new-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/george-clooneys-major-broadway-payday-revealed-in-new-report\/","title":{"rendered":"George Clooney\u2019s Major Broadway Payday Revealed in New Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/george-clooney\/\" title=\"George Clooney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>George Clooney<\/strong><\/a> was on Broadway last year in the play <strong><em>Good Night, and Good Luck<\/em><\/strong> and now it has payday has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did <strong>George<\/strong> star in the play as Edward R. Murrow, he also co-wrote the play and served as a lead producer.<\/p>\n<p>The play was one of the top-grossing shows of all time on Broadway, becoming the first play to ever gross more than $4 million in a single week. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayjournal.com\/p\/clooneys-broadway-windfall?utm_campaign=email-half-post&amp;r=1bahd6&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.broadwayjournal.com\/p\/clooneys-broadway-windfall?utm_campaign=email-half-post&amp;r=1bahd6&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Broadway Journal<\/a> has viewed production financial statements that were filed in the New York Attorney General\u2019s office, which reveal how much money <strong>George <\/strong>earned from his work on the play.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2193059\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It has been reported that <strong>George<\/strong> earned a $125,000 weekly salary, which led him to a $1.625 million gross salary for the 13-week run of the play. <\/p>\n<p>The report claims that <strong>George<\/strong> also earned $3.5 million in star royalties, $1.25 million in profit participation, and $3 million in author royalties that he shared with co-writer <strong>Grant Heslov<\/strong>. As a producer, he shared $1.9 million in royalties and $5 million in adjusted net profits with the rest of the lead producers. <\/p>\n<p><strong>George<\/strong>\u2018s estimated payday for the play is a total of $9 million, according to Broadway Journal. The numbers haven\u2019t been verified with his team.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2024\/04\/14\/broadway-salaries-revealed-and-actors-dont-always-earn-the-most-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Broadway salaries for other actors<\/a>, including the minimum earned by ensemble members.  <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/03\/31\/george-clooneys-major-broadway-payday-revealed-in-new-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Clooney was on Broadway last year in the play Good Night, and Good Luck and now it has payday has been revealed. Not only did George star in the play as Edward R. Murrow, he also co-wrote the play and served as a lead producer. The play was one of the top-grossing shows of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":231811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-231810","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}