Yeah It was like +$3000 extra a month for 4 months. I think she did porn for 3 months. I guess that explains why some pornstars make hundreds of videos.
Edit: Itd be different If they could at least get some ad revenue
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Mia Khalifa Only Made $12,000 throughout her adult film career
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Edit: Itd be different If they could at least get some ad revenue
She gets no residuals, which is the fucked up thing. There's a website with her name and likeness that's likely making bank and she's not seeing a penny of it. Not to mention her time in the industry has meant she's finding it hard to find work.
There's BBC article that's well worth a read...
There's BBC article that's well worth a read...
But considering the work has probably been watched by hundreds of millions of people it's still low. She got fucked by the contact, you can bet others made a fuck load more than 12K from her work and probably still are.
I get why she wasn't paid that well during her brief time in porn, but fuck not getting royalties from the studios profiting off of her is completely fucked up. She should be compensated for that. Porn actresses and actors should have way better contracts.
I mean a quick google shows her net worth is 2 million dollars or more. I know google results etc can be stupid, but this is sensationalist as fuck in order to increase her value again by getting her name out there. Is porn exploitative? absolutely, but it's absolutely possible to make fucking bank doing it as well.
I have no doubt it affects your hireability in some ways, but she's also not going and trying to get a 9-5 like the clickbait headline would kind of frame it, she's an influencer and is living a pretty good life, she's talking about opportunities she never would've had in the first place if not for the fame that porn brought her (mainstream acting roles, etc, which are possible but I'm sure harder as that kind of actress, look at Sasha Grey or traci lords though - they did the same thing, leverage their fame into more mainstream popularity, even if niche in some ways still).
I have no doubt it affects your hireability in some ways, but she's also not going and trying to get a 9-5 like the clickbait headline would kind of frame it, she's an influencer and is living a pretty good life, she's talking about opportunities she never would've had in the first place if not for the fame that porn brought her (mainstream acting roles, etc, which are possible but I'm sure harder as that kind of actress, look at Sasha Grey or traci lords though - they did the same thing, leverage their fame into more mainstream popularity, even if niche in some ways still).
Because she got fuck all in the grand scheme of things directly from her work. How is it even a question? She got fucked by a shit contract.
That's about right for the time she was in and her lack of actual popularity while she was actually in (she blew up way after, right?). Average per scene for new people is like $400-500. $12k ain't bad.
Suck about how she can't get her name off of the site though.
Suck about how she can't get her name off of the site though.
Why? Not even mega-stars in Hollywood get royalties off of super-blockbusters unless you're a big name, especially if you're a newcomer. You think Tom Holland saw a cent of those billion dollars made from the latest Spider-Man? Mia was an amateur actress, there was no guarantee her videos would take off when she shot them. She was paid accordingly. That she later became famous is beside the fact.
Also, how would royalties even work? It's not like people are out there buying DVDs anymore, they're either streaming through PornHub or have a subscription to some site. So, how would you calculate royalties? The number of clicks on her video? What about when the person that shot the scene actually goes on to sell it to a bigger site, is she supposed to get a portion of that sale? Or royalties from the new site?
No one is getting royalties on anything starting out.
Oh for sure, she could have been a billionaire by now. She got fucked bad.
Don't you feel they should get royalties? You're practically saying "the system is like this right now, lets not even change it for the better".
Its not good pay at all considering the the amount of revenue she generated for various companies.
They all deserve streaming royalties
I highly recommend listening to the "Butterfly Effect" podcast about the porn industry. Just try not to get too obsessed with the way the narrator says the word "porn"
Side-bar: renegade was Eminem's song with Royce da 5'9. Jay bought the song, but couldn't keep up on a technical level ... (Though his verses were still dope.)
This is a terrible take.
Imagine being one of the most popular adult film actresses on the planet, years after leaving the industry, dealing with death threats, consistently dealing with sexism and slut-shaming when trying to find a new career, and amassing a grand total of 12 grand for your troubles.
You really wanna act like she's crazy for being upset?
The onus is on her for how she negotiated her contract. Given she was in the industry for ~3 months, and frankly didn't really blow up until her Hijab video that was at the tail of her career, I'm not surprised that's all she made. She was a new performer in an international industry comprised of thousands of entertainers, whose fame exploded long after she'd quit porn. Her initial leverage would have been horrible, and she probably started working for peanuts like many businesses do while they hope to gain exposure/clients/momentum.
her entire career was built because of her porn fame though. But it still sucks that she doesn't get royalties in perpetuity. Is that normal for porn contracts? I have no idea
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Im actually not familiar with the death threats. Whats all that about?
It happened, though. What else was she famous for before getting into the industry? It's like when Sasha Grey wants people to forget that for years, she was a top-ranked porn star. She's gonna need to do something notable outside of porn to be remembered in a different light.
The radio host didn't even make a big deal of it, and said it pretty discretely, yet she got angry that she was even referred to as a former pornographic actress. Am I crazy, or are celebrities and guests introduced via a small description of their background/fame? And going by the way the hang-up occurred, it didn't seem there was any sort of agreement to not mention her past fame.
And as for the way she dresses... if she really wanted to not be seen as a former porn star, she could certainly alter her outfits for on-camera interviews.
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Her most famous porn scene, and the one that skyrocketed her whole career, is of her performing in a hijab. Understandably, many muslims took extreme offense to it.
Mia is clever and does that all the time. Nothing new - it's the same thing when she gets mad that people interview her and say she did some great porn....what else has she done? Except for her sensational Twitch streams, articles on the web or this here for example? She gets a shit ton of money from her followers so she does everything right.
She knows exactly what she wants to be and she already does everything to be who she wants to be. She said so herself on Twitch a few times. But ler her dress how she likes dude.
No it's not. She worked 3 months and left the industry before thinking about capitalizing on her fame like other mega stars do. That was her choice. Instead she tried to parlay her fame into a sports commentating career when nobody was interested. She could earn millions now if she wanted to.
That's why amateur porn is the only porn I watch. Professionally done porn is really exploitative. I don't know why people even follow Mia now though, she's actually kind of an asshole and really, this whole talking about how ashamed she is about having done porn before comes across as hypocritical when she's leveraging her stage name for follows. Don't want to do porn anymore? Fine, it's her choice. But this whole "how dare you talk about what made me famous" does her no favours.
I know, but the system is fucked . Getting 12 grand for staring in what is likely a multi million making film is just awful. She should have a way to renegotiate payment, like how some book author have managed, after the fact it was a mega hit. The fact 3rd parties are still bringing in cash for her work is extra fucked, but as you said I'm sure that's not easy to track, so probably not a whole lot she could do, outside of trying to sue the sites that host it.
I guess she makes a lot with patreon followers, insta etc. For that her 3 months 12k porn stunt got her an instant following.
Don't really know why she feels like she needs to clarify anything. She earned a lot of money in a couple months (couple of actual days working) back then and continues to do so as an ... influencer now.
If you can live with selling your body / image for money she made sane business moves.
Don't really know why she feels like she needs to clarify anything. She earned a lot of money in a couple months (couple of actual days working) back then and continues to do so as an ... influencer now.
If you can live with selling your body / image for money she made sane business moves.
Ok, I just did this - I asked four people who are unaware of who she is the following questions:
1.) ok, if you saw this woman *shows picture of the twitter posts from the OP*, what would you think is her job?
Man 1: "Porn star"
Man 2: " Looks like the beginning of a Brazzers scene"
Woman 1: "Whoa, porn."
Woman 2: "Model, but she's dressed like it's a porn scene"
2.) If you were a former porn star and you were doing on-camera interviews and specifically did not want to me known as a former porn star, would you dress that way?
Man 1: "probably not. She knows what she's doing"
Man 2: "hahaha"
Woman 1: "She should probably wear a blouse. That's just a bra and jacket."
Woman 2: "It doesn't matter, she's hot."
*had no idea how to reply to that*
I dunno, maybe you could ask some people you know those questions, see what you come up with.
I definitely love her outfit, personally. She's pretty and knows how flaunt it, but as someone who is supposedly trying to leave that part of herself behind..well, I'll leave it at that.
On top of that, her website is still up and fully functional, scenes and all. Doesn't she own and operate that?
It's not that she expected a huge payoff, it's that everyone else expected her to have made bank considering how popular she is/was. She's letting everyone know she didn't make as much as they think.
That said, I understand she wants to move on, but considering that's what she's known for I don't see how she's surprised when her past comes up in interviews.
These days you definitely can, between Pateorn, Manyvids, and a decent social media presence.
Belle Delphine got the bag, despite having the worst content ever and using reddit to get popular.
Of course the irony is that it's likely the men cracking one out over her are the ones who don't want to be associated with the industry!
It's not her website, she makes nothing from it. There's a post at the top of this page talking about it.
I don't have the knowledge to answer that question, but I suspect giving every new actor/actress royalties would likely kill the profitability of the industry. But I don't know much regarding the profit margins and business models of the adult industry to really have an answer.
Got it, thanks.
Ah, just checked, and yeah, that's her real name, too.
Well, shit, she has a lot of work cut out for her if she plans on making a career beyond porn.