The rumored salaries of “Wicked” stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo are going viral – and fans are not happy about the massive pay gap.
Cynthia Erivo, 37, plays Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Ariana Grande, 31, stars as Glinda the Good Witch.
The movie broke a box office record for the best Monday ever in November. The musical raked in $114 million in the U.S., while dominating the box office in the UK and Ireland.
“Wicked” easily beat Denzel Washington’s “Gladiator II” at the domestic box office.
But fans are upset about the salary gap between Wicked’s stars, Ariana and Cynthia.
Cynthia – the star of the movie – was reportedly paid $1 million while the supporting actress Ariana is being paid $15 million.
To make matters even worse, actors Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum, who play Madame Morrible and the Wizard, reportedly earned $2 million each.
Thankfully Cynthia’s wife, director Lena Waithe, is the breadwinner in the family.
Fans expressed their outrage over the pay disparity on X (Twitter).
One fan tweeted: “Ariana getting paid over $10M more than Cynthia doesn’t sit right with me…”
Another person wrote: “It’s not making sense.”
One fan said Ariana split her $15 million paycheck with Cynthia so she would earn more than a measly $1 million.
But others said the pay gap was still “unfair.”
