A lot in just a few hours.
Ken Theeradeth leads in this category for the guys. According to Lisa magazine, Ken is the highest paid actors for appearances. Just hanging out for a few hours, he gets roughly around 150,000 baht ($4,673 USD). After Ken is Aum Atichart, Por Natthawut, and Bie Sukrit, they can make up to 100,000 baht ($3,115 USD) per appearance. As for “Weir” Sukollawat Kanaros, he hovers around the 60,000-80,000 baht ($1,869-2,492 USD) range. Now, if Weir makes an appearance with his girlfriend Pancake, his fee increases to 150,000 baht. As brand ambassador, their earnings would be in the 7 digits.
The top dogs–Ken, Por, Aum, Bie, and Weir
As for the newbies, Kao falls in the 60,000-80,000 baht ($1,869-2,492 USD) range. Mario Maurer and Pae Arak make roughly the same around 70,000-100,000 baht ($2,180-$3,115 USD) per appearance. For this group, if they were to become brand ambassadors/ presenters, they can receive 1 through 2 million baht ($31,152-$62,305 USD) or even up to 3 million baht ($93,457USD).
As for the ladies: “Aum” Patcharapa Chaichuea, Chompoo Araya, “Pancake” Khemmanid Jamikorn, Paula Taylor, Ploy Chermarn, Anne Thongprasom, and Noon Woranuch charge roughly the same 100,000 baht ($3,115 USD). In the case of Pancake, as mention above, if she makes an appearance with her boyfriend Weir, her fee goes up to 150,000 baht ($4,673 USD).
Aff is the highest paid actress. For an appearance, she can make up to 150,000 baht ($4,673 USD). If she makes an appearance with Songkran, her hi-so boyfriend, her fee can go up to 200,000 baht ($6,230 USD). Aff has denied making that much. Who knows, she might be lying.
Female celebrities get paid a lot for being brand ambassadors. It can range from 1 million baht to 8 million baht ($249,221 USD) and up to 10 million baht ($311,526 USD). Those cosmetic and hair styling companies shell out a lot for female celebrities. I believe Pantene gave Noon Woranuch a one year,10 million baht contract a few years back. Maybe last year.
Pinky Savika, “Koi’ Rachawin Wongviriya, and Poo Praiya are ranked together. They fall in the 80,000-120,000 baht ($2,492- 3,739 USD) range. As brand ambassadors, they can make up to 2-3 million baht.
For the musicians: Marsha Wattanapanich, Dome Pakorn Lum, “Tui” Kiatkamol Latha, and Tor Saksit can receive 80,000-100,000 baht ($2,492 USD-$3,115 USD) per singing appearance. As brand ambassador, their price tag would be in the 7 digits range.
The hosts: “Kalamare” Patcharasir Benjamas, “Opal” Panisara Phimpru, Krit Sripoomseth, Mod Dam, some lady I don’t know, they get paid roughly the same amount 50,000 baht ($1,558 USD) per appearance.
Source: Sanook, Lisa magazine
what about Janie?
I’ve been following Lyn’s blog for years. I’m quite impress with her sense of humor and colloquial style of writing. Angelina needs to show some class first with her comment, and then some skills with her writing. What the heck is “laugh me die”? Are you laughing yourself to death? Let me help dig a shallow grave to fit your shallow self.
I agree w/ c-indy. Angelina’s choice of words and “opinions” were very disrespectful towards Lyn. Even if she’s not a native speaker of English, it’s common sense that what she said is wrong. If you honestly believe she meant no harm, then please do reword her words w/ correct grammar and see if it will sound “appropriate.” But I appreciate Lyn for taking it light heartily and don’t think anything of it.
People just don’t care to read carefully that’s all. I thought we should all be happy that they make some pretty darn good money. Getting paid is better then not getting paid.
Making money!!
Thanks Lyn for translating you’re the best.
Who CARES who gets the most money! They are all making more then us LOL geez
i was confused at first… i thought they earned from their acting…
the comments are like in a war… lol
lol…I find it so funny how ppl are mad that aff is getting paid more than other actresses such as kob an ann…
plus this article states who gets paid the most for appearances and not for each ep they are acting for…
however I wonder why ppl hates aff so much. she is a cute actress and her acting isn’t bad either.
I don’t get the fuss about how this star make more money than that star.
Fans todays are crazier than what I thought.
Okay, what the hell happened here? lol.
On a related-ish note, the article talks about them being paid for appearances and NOT how much they make in lakorns. As far as I know, Kob, Aum and Noon make around 90k-100k bahts per EPISODE. Pancake makes a little less. I have no idea about ch3′s numbers unfortunately. But if I have to guess, Ann probably makes a similar amount.
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Ha! I wrote this post and I don’t even know what happened. HA!
wow…i never knew of this…
interresting:)
venne,this is what Lyn explained below:
Like you, I’m surprised by the numbers also. I thought Aum P or Anne T would be the top chicks. Not Aff.
If these numbers seem questionable to you–maybe they are. Maybe Lisa magazine got it all wrong. Who knows.
blah,dear,don’t be too harsh,maybe Angelina is not an English native speaker,that’s why I said she might missed the updated information,you words really hurt,so be polite.
Is Aff really the highest pay actress? This I don’t believe!
I thought Ann was one of the highest. She was our Drama Queen. I don’t see how Aff range so high when she only make it big 3-4 years ago.
But Lily what Angelina wrote does sound dumb. She sounds like an Aum P. crazy fan who can’t accept the fact that Aff get higher paid than her fav star. She tries hard to make this article unreliable though the source is up there. She does sound dumb.