Posted by Adam

Thursday January 6, 2011

DUSTIN Hoffman was paid $7.5 million for just five days work.

The Oscar-winning actor was asked to re-shoot some of his scenes for comedy movie Little Fockers and was able to negotiate a huge pay deal with distributors Universal Studios.

“Universal decided on a re-shoot at the last minute, and Hoffman’s character was needed for some new scenes,” a source said.

“They couldn’t originally agree on terms with Hoffman, so for the reshoot he could basically name his price — which was $7.5 million for five days’ work.”

In the film — which is the third installment of the Meet The Parents comedy franchise — Dustin plays Ben Stiller’s character Greg Focker’s father Bernie Focker.

The 73-year-old screen star was able to get the huge salary because other stars in the comedy were paid millions for their roles.

Ben and Robert De Niro — who plays Greg’s retired CIA agent father-in-law Jack Byrnes — were said to have received $20 million each, while Owen Wilson and Barbara Streisand were able to negotiate salaries of $7 million with Jessica Alba receiving a $3 million payday.

Although the film has been panned by critics, it topped the US box office after its release in December and has taken over $130 million worldwide.

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