Watch: Lisa Kudrow Seemingly Confirms Shocking Amount of Money 'Friends' Cast Still Makes Every YearThe money wasn't always there for the cast of Friends. Not that the reported $22,500-per-episode that Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer were each making when the show premiered in 1994 is anything to laugh at, then or now.