Star Wars 7 Cast Salaries Revealed

Variety have revealed that Harrison Ford is the film's biggest earner by some distance, netting himself an eight figure sum that is estimated to be somewhere in the $10 million to $20 million range. Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher, the other two main stars from the original trilogy, were both paid in the "low-seven-figure range."

Elsewhere, supporting actors Adam Driver and Oscar Isaac received "mid-to-high-six figures," while the movie's two young stars, John Boyega and Daisy Ridley, were both paid between $100,000 and $300,000.

Variety explains that the reason for Ford's huge salary was predominantly because Han Solo is killed off in the movie, while Hamill and Fisher will continue to play Luke and Leia in forthcoming sequels. This so-called "legacy pay deal" reflects the fact that their parts will increase in size in subsequent Star Wars films, which will be represented in larger earnings.

Despite being the film's leads, Boyega and Ridley were paid considerably less because they were relatively unknown before appearing in The Force Awakens. Conversely, Driver and Isaac are established actors and their fees are in line with what they earn on other film and TV projects.