 The London Daily Mail reported (5 December 2003) that the stars of  the Lord Of The Rings trilogy were paid bonuses on top of their  salaries, depending on how long cast members spent on the three  films. The hobbit actors, Elijah Wood (qv), Sean Astin (qv),  Billy Boyd (I) (qv) and Dominic Monaghan (qv) received bonuses  of between 430,000 and 560,000 per film. Bernard Hill (qv) and  Ian McKellen (qv) earned 312,000 per film, with Liv Tyler (qv)  making a little less.