$20M per man-child role. $2B total box office. Same character since 2003.
Will Ferrell earned $20 million per peak comedy (*Elf*, $173 million box office; *Talladega Nights*, $148 million) by playing the same oblivious man-child with different hair. Since 2017, he has zero theatrical hits, but streaming projects like *Spirited* (Apple TV+, $10 million fee) and *The Shrink Next Door* sustain his income. His Gary Sanchez Productions generated $2 billion total box office, outperforming #6 Mark Wahlberg's CPG empire in revenue. Ferrell's consistency is unmatched: he has earned $20 million per project for 20 years, a 100% repeat rate.
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