How Much Did Taraji Make For The Color Purple 2025. Recently, her comments about her experience with pay disparity in hollywood — and the revelation that. She revealed her salary for the curious case of benjamin button (which earned her an oscar nod) was $150,000, which is less than 2% of the whopping $10 million brad pitt.

The “color purple” star talks candidly about her battles to get cast and paid her worth. In the past few weeks, henson has drawn attention to the poor conditions surrounding the filming of the color purple, which cost about $90 million to make and $40 million to market.