Omg, Beyoncé got paid an insane amount per minute for Netflix’s Christmas Game Halftime Show

As one of the world’s top performers, it should not be surprising that Beyoncé raked in a huge sum of money for Netflix’s Christmas Game Halftime Show. But I didn’t realize that she was making a minute what many of us won’t see in our entire lives.

Between your third helping of cheese and your mandatory Christmas period siesta, you might have caught Netflix’s highlights of Baltimore Ravens versus Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs versus Pittsburgh Steelers. If you’re like me, you watched it for Beyoncé.

She made her grand entrance during the halftime show between the Houston Texans and the Baltimore Ravens, appearing on white horses and to her song 16 Carriages. This was the first major time we’ve seen her perform songs from Cowboy Carter, and boy it did not disappoint.

How much was Beyoncé paid for Netflix’s Christmas Game Halftime Show?

Back to the halftime show, Beyoncé’s full set list included: 16 Carriages, Blackbiird, YA YA, Honey Buckin, Levii’s Jeans, Jolene, and Jolene. So, how much did she make from the first performances of such undeniable bops? Short answer, loads!

The star-studded performance, which also saw Post Malone and Shaboozey take to the stage, was produced by Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment and Jesse Collins Entertainment. It was reportedly part of the $60 million three-project deal between Netflix and Beyoncé in 2019, with the first instalment being the 2019 documentary Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé.

“If we believe this to be true, then that’s $20 million specifically for this [halftime] performance,” Dan Ruchie, an expert in sports insights, told Andscape.

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Putting on my mathematician glasses – which is difficult given the amount of prosecco I’ve drank over the past 48 hours – that $20 million works out to Beyoncé cashing in $1 million a minute! For comparison, she was allegedly paid the same amount for her Coachella performance in 2018.

Look at that horse. pic.twitter.com/2AtteP5lZk

— BEYONCÉ (@Beyonce) December 25, 2024

Both of the NFL games were streamed on Netflix for the first time as part of a three-year licensing deal that cost the platform a staggering $150 million. Though the specials won’t remain on the streaming sight forever, reports suggest that Beyoncé’s halftime show will be made available separately.

The NFL highlights and Beyoncé’s halftime show are available on Netflix. For all the latest Netflix news, drops, quizzes and memes like The Holy Church of Netflix on Facebook. 

Featured image credit: Netflix