"Friends" is responsible for the fame of the six protagonists during their 10-year run from 1994 to 2004. Even nearly 20 years after the last episode, the NBC sitcom is undoubtedly the biggest achievement in the careers of Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox , Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer.
Due to its popularity and continued exposure, the Friends series also remains quite profitable for them, with the actors reportedly earning up to $20 million a year in royalties.
The series, which tells about the lives of Monica, Chandler, Phoebe, Rachel, Joe and Ross, brings the production company, Warner Bros, an annual profit of 1 billion dollars. That translates to roughly $20 million in annual pay for the show's stars, who earn 2 percent of union revenue.
In 2019, Vincent Ventresca – who played Monica's boyfriend 'Fun Bobby' in two episodes – revealed that he gets $2,000 a year. "Every time I get a check, I think: “Wow, they must be very richr," he told the Guardian. "I get about $2000 a year and I've only appeared in two episodes."
According to this logic, the rest of the actors who participated in the series will receive about $ 1000 per year for each episode in which they appeared. So Elliot Gould and Christina Pickles, the parents of Ross and Monica, Jack and Judy, could add $20,000 and $19,000 to their bank accounts each year. Maggie Wheeler, who played Janice, could also earn about $19,000 a year from reruns of the series. Jane Sibbett, known as Ross' ex-wife Carol, could get $15,000.
