'Stranger Things' S05: Winona Ryder, David Harbour earn $1.2 million/episode
Stranger Things is back for its final season, wrapping up the Hawkins crew's wild ride against Upside Down monsters.
Created by the Duffer Brothers, this 1980s-set sci-fi horror series stars Winona Ryder (Joyce), David Harbour (Hopper), and Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven).
In numbers:
Ryder and Harbour top the cast salaries at $9.5 million for the season.
Next up, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard, and Sadie Sink each earn "just over" $7 million per season.
Natalia Dyer, Maya Hawke, Charlie Heaton, and Joe Keery bring in "just over" $6 million each.
What's new this season?
Season 5 drops in two parts—Volume 1 landed November 26 with four episodes; Volume 2 arrived December 26 with three more, and the eighth and final episode, "The Rightside Up," will debut on January 1.
The eight episodes are titled: "The Crawl," "The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler," "The Turnbow Trap," "Sorcerer," "Shock Jock," "Escape From Camazotz," "The Bridge," and "The Rightside Up."
Season 4 was a streaming giant with 1.35 billion hours watched in just four weeks—so expectations are sky-high for this last chapter!