In 2018, reports surfaced that Bryce Dallas Howard was making $8 million to Chris Pratt’s $10 million for her work on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, but Howard revealed in a new interview with Insider that she actually pays “so much less.” became the Jurassic World sequels compared to her male co-star. Howard didn’t reveal a dollar amount, but did stress that Pratt was working to rectify the situation by making sure she had pay parity for other “Jurassic World” properties like video games and theme park rides.
“The reports were so interesting because I was paid so much less than the reports even said, so much less,” Howard said. “When I first started negotiating for ‘Jurassic’ it was 2014 and it was a different world and I was at a huge disadvantage. And unfortunately you have to sign up for three films and the deals are set.”
Howard continued, “What I want to say is that Chris and I have talked about it, and whenever there’s been an opportunity to move the needle on things that haven’t been negotiated, like a game or a drive, he said me literally: ‘You don’t have to do anything. I will conduct all negotiations. We’ll get paid right away and you don’t have to think about it, Bryce.’”
“I love him so much for that,” Howard concluded. “I really do because I’ve been paid more for things like this than I’ve ever been paid for the film.”
Howard and Pratt initially teamed up for Jurassic World before reuniting to helm the film’s two sequels, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Jurassic World: Dominion. The latter opened in June and has grossed $373 million in the US and $974 million worldwide, a staggering sum as the box office continues to recover from the pandemic.
Jurassic World: Dominion will be available to rent digitally, buy on Blu-ray or DVD starting August 16th.