Overview
- New reports from The Times, echoed by Stern and BILD, say Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, and Matt LeBlanc each make about $20 million a year from Friends.
- The money comes from constant reruns worldwide and from the show being available on streaming services.
- The six stars negotiated together during the original run and pushed their pay to about $1 million per episode by the final seasons.
- Lisa Kudrow said she only grasped the show's quality after Matthew Perry died and she called his work a genius turn.
- BILD also reports the cast share totals about two percent of revenues, a figure that is reported but less firmly sourced than the income estimate.