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How much does a porn star make?
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:47 am
by Scott Rider
I've always been curious as to how much the girls make on average for doing a film? I'm not looking for any industry secrets but just a ball park figure for, say, a 30 minute scene in something like a british Ben Dover film or an american Red Light District film. Anyone got any ideas?
Re: How much does a porn star make?
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:22 pm
by sandie
let me finish that sentance for u scott....
... how much does a porn star make other people happy thru there work?
Re: How much does a porn star make?
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:29 pm
by sandie
haha.
Re: How much does a porn star make?
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 4:01 pm
by Dace
It can also depend on how nice your peice of string is
Re: How much does a porn star make?
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 4:07 pm
by David Johnson
Sandie,
Congrats. This is the most beautiful, relevant posting this year.
Cheers
David
A serious answer
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:40 pm
by Autolycus
From How to be a Porn Star (an American site)
6) How much money do Porn Stars make?
It depends. And there are exceptions, but generally girls make more than guys, and the range is wide. Girls make between $500 - $2000 per sex scene, with amounts depending on the who the girl is, and what the scene involves. Guys, in general, make about half as much as girls, but their rate is usually the same regardless of what type of sex they're doing. Below is a little more detail.
Guys - The range for guys is from 0-$600 per scene. Usually a new guy starts with small companies and small projects making $200 to $250 per scene. If the companies and girls you work with like you and your performances, word will travel fast, and you'll be working for the larger companies, higher budget projects, and with veteran female performers before you know it. And as you climb porn's "professional ladder", your "per scene" rate will increase if you expect it to. But you may have to ask for it with some companies. It basically follows the law of supply and demand.
Guys usually get paid their per-scene rate for any scene that they do, and the same or slightly less for magazine shoots.
Girls - The range for girls is usually from a few hundred to $2000 per scene. A girl's starting point is determined by how marketable she is. She's what sells the product, so if she's a Playboy Playmate or Penthouse Pet, companies will pay a lot for her. Most girls start off making around $400-600 for a boy/girl scene, and after she starts showing up in some of the magazines, she can raise her rate and expect to get it. And the process continues from there.
Girls usually get paid around $500-$800 for a magazine shoot, with exceptions for the biggest stars.
Re: A serious answer
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:53 pm
by sandie
blah blah blah bollocks bollocks bollocks
maybe u should try being a porn person to see what they earn and endure to answer ur question.
Re: How much does a porn star make?
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:23 pm
by Harry Hardon
Obviously not enough to stop them from doing non-camera work with amateurs...