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Sex and the City stars set to make $1 million per episode with HBO Max reboot

While it’s loose change for SJP, the salaries are a huge increase for Nixon and Davis who made much less during the original series.

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Sex and the City stars are set to make big bucks with the show’s revival.

Variety reports that Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis are all set to make over $1.3 million per episode for the 10-episode series produced by HBO Max.

SJP, Cynthia and Kristin are all returning for the reboot. Picture: Dan Callister/Liaison
SJP, Cynthia and Kristin are all returning for the reboot. Picture: Dan Callister/Liaison

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The trio will serve as executive producers as well as starring in the new series.

It’s unclear what Parker’s salary was at the start of the series back in 1998, but according to Celebrity Net Worth, she made $4.1 million per episode for the last three seasons after she was made executive producer.

The other stars were paid nowhere near what Parker was.

Kim Cattrall, Davis and Nixon allegedly made $450,000 per episode toward the show’s end, as Celebrity Net Worth claims.

Parker made $19 million for the first movie in 2008 and $25 million for the second movie in 2012.

Cattrall was paid $9 million for the first SATC movie and $12 million for the second.

Davis, 55, earned $3.8 million for the first Sex and the City movie and $5 million for the second film.

Nixon, 54 also made $3.8 million for the first film, and while it’s unclear what she made for the second movie, but it’s likely that her salary was the same as Davis: $5 million.

In fact, it was their salary differences that contributed to the fallout between Parker and Cattrall.

The Telegraph reported at the time that Parker was given the title of executive producer in the second season, bumping her salary up. This urged Cattrall to negotiate a higher salary, which didn’t sit well with the other girls. They “wouldn’t even sit with [Cattrall] at mealtimes.”

Kim Cattrall has been in a longstanding feud with SJP for years. Picture: MAX NASH / AFP
Kim Cattrall has been in a longstanding feud with SJP for years. Picture: MAX NASH / AFP

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Cattrall will not be returning to the reboot as her character Samantha Jones.

The revival, titled And Just Like That... will follow Carrie Bradshaw (Parker), Charlotte York (Davis) and Miranda Hobbes (Nixon) as they navigate their friendship in their 50s through 30-minute episodes.

Fans have been voicing their disappointment with Cattrall’s absence from the show all over Parker’s social media, with the actress taking the time to respond.

“Happy to see you back but will miss Kim/Samantha,” one commenter wrote on 55-year-old Parker’s Instagram, to which she replied, “We will too. We loved her so. X.”

Responding to another comment, SJP said: “I don’t dislike her (Cattrall). I’ve never said that. Never would. Samantha isn’t part of this story. But she will always be part of us. No matter where we are or what we do. X.”

Cattrall, 64, made it clear over the past couple of years that she would not return to any future Sex and the City projects.

Her feud with Parker entered the public domain after Cattrall said she had no interest in starring in a third Sex and the City movie and added that she and her castmates “were never friends,” simply colleagues.

The original show – which is available to stream on Binge – first aired in 1998 and is one of the most celebrated series’ of all time, having cemented its place into pop culture history.

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