Eddie Murphy’s Salary Rise From $4,500 Per Episode To More Than $70 Million Is Incredible!

Any time there is a conversation about top ten comics in the world, who are massively paid for their acting roles by Netflix, Eddie Murphy wouldn’t be forgotten about, but would be among the best five (5). The accomplished joke artist is said to have supposedly been paid $70 million by the film streaming outfit for a film.

We can’t question the fact that, the ‘Coming To America’ hotshot is a mind boggling entertainer who has for quite a long time, engaged the world with his humorous demonstrations. Despite the fact that, he went on a comedy hibernation for quite a while, he returned big with several film roles on his table.

Obviously, there are a couple of his colleagues in the entertainment world taking good monies like Ricky Gervais, who is supposedly listed to have earned $40 million for a Netflix film ‘Humanity’, but Murphy is still in the ‘picture’ as one of the best actors in the world.

As of 2020, Eddie Murphy’s Net Worth is an estimated $6.7 billion, which obviously shows that, he is one of few successful comic artists in the world. Yes, he may not be a billionaire, but ends up in the realm of the multimillionaires.

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As per the New York Post, Murphy landed a Netflix deal in 2016 paying him $60 million for three standup specials. Eddie Murphy’s salary upward growth has been wonderful from the days in the Saturday Night Live (SNL) in 1981.

At the time, he procured $4,500 per scene, and from that time, his pay was raised to $30,000 per film. His first significant check came in 1984 when he procured $1 million for the film ‘Best Defense’. As an afterthought, celebrities who get the privilege to host SNL are paid $5,000.