The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a certified cult classic, but during the film’s inception 50 years ago, the lead characters weren’t paid as much as you probably think.

The 1975 musical horror film starred Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick as the innocent Janet Weiss and Brad Majors, respectively, but it was Sarandon, 78, who brought home a bigger paycheck than her costar.

“Susan made more money than you!” Bostwick, 80, said in a clip from the documentary SANE INSIDE INSANITY shared by People on Friday, September 26. “Susan made $5,000 more than me. I think I made $15,000 and she made $20,000 on the whole movie … and that was pretty much all we’ve gotten out of it.”

The actor added, “We got a little bit of the soundtrack. We got, like, $1,000 or something a year, less than that now.”

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