[theqoo] MA DONGSEOK'S SALARY IS 500 MILLION PER EPISODE, PARK HYUNGSIK 400 MILLION PER EPISODE, 34% OF PRODUCTION COST GOES INTO APPEARANCE FEES

Actor Ma Dongseok received 4 billion won (2.9M USD) per episode for KBS2’s Twelve.
He filmed 8 episodes in total, earning a staggering 40 billion won (29M USD) in appearance fees. Park Hyungsik, who played the role of Oh-gwi, received the next highest amount, 4 billion won (2.9M USD) per episode, totaling 32 billion (16M won) for all 8 episodes.

Other cast members such as Sung Dong-il, Seo Inguk, Kang Mina, Ye Soo-jung, Lee Joo-bin, Ko Kyu-pil, Kim Chan-hyung, and Regina Lei received significantly lower fees. Reportedly, the combined total of their fees didn’t even reach 1 billion won (72K USD).

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In other words, the majority of the talent fees went to Ma Dongseok and Park Hyungsik, accounting for about 34% of the total production budget. Once you subtract the scriptwriting fees (Kim Bong-han and Ma Dongseok) and directing costs (Kang Dae-gyu and Han Yoon-sun), the actual production budget shrinks even more.

Still, the actors' appearance fees alone accounted for over 30% of the total budget, a level that inevitably impacts the overall quality of the show.
Drama insiders commented, “Generally, it’s considered appropriate for lead actors’ fees to be around 10–15% of the production budget. If it goes over 40%, the project becomes unviable. Even 30% is too high.”

Another insider added, “In the case of Twelve, the appearance fees for the two leads were just too high. In fantasy dramas, post-production is everything,” lamenting that “the quality of the latter half of the show seems to have suffered due to the inflated fees.”

“Fantasy as a genre lives or dies on its post-production. It requires a huge budget for CG and other effects.
Isn’t that why Netflix often casts rookies for fantasy series?” (Drama insider)

source: https://naver.me/5h1KEMAW

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1. But people don't even know Park Hyungsik

2. Why Park Hyungsik?

3. Huh? Seo Inguk is way more popular than Park Hyungsik, this is so so for him, why is he asking 40 billion too?

4. Park Hyungsik receives 40 billion too? Crazy, the appearance fee for male actors are just weird

5. Let's start casting more rookies

6. Hul *per* episode??? this is too much 

7. This is just wrong;;;;;;

8. They earn this much per episode...?

9. Even Park Hyungsik gets 40 billion won? Hul...

10. Huh...? It's not like he's a huge deal overseas either, but the way they ask and they give the exact amount is funny too

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