Timothée Chalamet has been unstoppable. The actor took dwelling a whopping $8 million for Wonka, as per a report by Variety, and his rising star energy has led to a latest ‘wage bump.’ Timothée performed the world-famous chocolatier Willy Wonka within the prequel movie launched in December 2023, which raked in over $600 million on the worldwide field workplace. Also learn: Dune Part Two box office collection: Timothée Chalamet film mints over $367 million worldwide

Timothée may very well be the following Leonardo, Tom Cruise

Within months of Wonka‘s launch, Timothée Chalamet produced one other field workplace hit – Dune: Part Two ($369 million and counting). Dune: Part Two, which additionally sees Timothée in a lead position, hit theaters on March 1. Per the Variety report, Timothée is shaping as much as be the following large Hollywood ‘main man’, very similar to Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Cruise.

Salary bump

His latest field workplace success will see Timothée getting a wage bump and ‘ paydays within the double digits for main roles in studio movies’, per the report. Warner Bros. doesn’t have a contract but for Dune: Part Three, however director Denis Villeneuve has been vocal about desirous to make it, so ‘Timothée’s wage may surge for future installments after the success of the sequel’.

Timothée Chalamet’s latest field workplace hits

Although Dune 2 and Wonka are initiatives with built-in fanbases, Hollywood producers imagine that Timothée Chalamet’s star energy is liable for the movies’ successes. “We can count on one or two hands, in any age range, the people who are legitimate movie stars. Timothée is absolutely that,” says Dune producer Mary Parent.

The actor, 28, earned crucial popularity of his portrayal in addition to his singing and dancing skills in Wonka. It additionally earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Actor in a Musical or Comedy Film, although he misplaced out to The Holdovers’ Paul Giamatti.

“I can’t imagine any other actor on the planet who could have played Willy Wonka and have the success that Wonka had. You need everything to work in today’s world. IP alone is not sufficient,” says Josh Goldstine, Warner Bros. president of worldwide advertising, who led the campaigns for Wonka and Dune.

Films Timothée was in earlier than he turned well-known

In 2014, Timothée Chalamet’ made his movie debut within the comedy-drama Men, Women and Children and likewise appeared in Christopher Nolan’s science fiction movie Interstellar.

His true rise to stardom started with 2017’s Call Me by Your Name, along with his phenomenal portrayal of Elio serving as a breakout efficiency that earned him an Oscar nomination. He was additionally seen as Kyle Scheible in Lady Bird, Nic Sheff in Beautiful Boy, and maybe most notably, as Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune (2021).

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