Tim Miller Reveals How Much He Was Paid For DEADPOOL Directorial Debut

Deadpool director Tim Miller revealed how much he was paid to direct the 2016 blockbuster film which went on to earn over $782 million off a low $58 million budget. Making his directorial film at the time, Miller told Collider that earned $225,000 for the gig. At the time, 20th Century Fox had little faith in the movie being a success at the box office, and while that does seem to be a low number, Miller was considered a “newbie” in the Hollywood space.

“You guys might not know, but it’s not really a profitable thing to be a first-time director in Hollywood, and I’ll tell you exactly, I got $225,000 to direct Deadpool,” he said. “I know it sounds like a lot of money, but for two years of work, that’s not a ton of money. Not that I’m not grateful, I’m fucking grateful, that’s the way it is because you’re supposed to when you’re a first-time director. My agent said ‘Dude, you make more on an episode of The Walking Dead!

“I think a lot of people think that everyone’s getting paid millions and millions in Hollywood,” he continued. “It’s just not the case, not always. I don’t want to sound like I wasn’t grateful because I had worked, I was 50 when I got a chance to direct Deadpool, and I really thought I wasn’t going to get a chance to direct a movie even though I’d wanted to my whole life.”

Source: Collider