Not So Strange: Millie Bobby Brown’s $10 Million Paycheck for 'Enola Homes 2' Makes Her One of the Highest-Paid Young Actors - The Scene

Brown ranks 19th between Margot Robbie for Barbie ($12.5 million) and Timothee Chalamet for Wonka ($9 million). 

Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown, who started working on the Netflix series at age 12, is now one of Hollywood’s highest-paid teenage actors. Now 18 years old, Brown is set to receive an upfront payment of $10 million for her role in Enola Holmes 2

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She first starred as Enola opposite Henry Cavill (Man of Steel, The Witcher) in its initial release in 2020. In the film, Cavill plays the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, while Brown portrays his younger sister.

Enola Holmes became Netflix’s most-watched movie at the time of its release until the streamer started playing Cameron Diaz’s 2011 comedy, Bad Teacher

Starting young

In an article by Variety partly titled “Inside Movie Stars’ Salaries” by Brent Lang, Brown ranks 19th in a list of recent Hollywood paychecks. She’s sandwiched between Margot Robbie for Barbie ($12.5 million) and Timothee Chalamet for Wonka ($9 million). 

At the number one spot is Tom Cruise for the recent box office hit Top Gun: Maverick ($100 million), followed by Will Smith for Emancipation ($35 million), then Leonardo DiCaprio for Killers of the Flower Moon ($30 million).

According to LADbible, Brown’s salary for Stranger Things season one reached $20,000 per episode. By the third, the Spain-born actress started receiving $300,000 per episode—both seasons have eight episodes each. Currently, Stranger Things is on its fourth season.

Over her career spanning only nine years, Brown has also earned brand deals with Moncler, Louis Vuitton, Pandora, Calvin Klein, Converse, and Vogue Eyewear. On top of that, she founded her own vegan and cruelty-free beauty line Florence by Mills. 

Banner photo from @milliebobbybrown on Instagram.

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