how much do featured extras get paid in residuals
Report Abuse. Most extras do get paid. it all depends on how big the movie is to how much you get paid. A while back i was a movie extra on Charlottes web and got paid $150 a day and did 10 days..It's great pay for just walking around in the background!! am non-union, but generally when working on a Union shoot even non-union extras are paid union wages. I did a job for a film called Tenure in 2005 or something like that. I worked a 15 hr day. I made over $1,000. Not sure if things have changed drastically since then but 100 dollars a day seems quite low.