Nearly 30 years after the first episode, ‘Friends’ still brings in $1 billion annually: how much of that did Matthew Perry see? | Showbiz

Even now that the most popular circle of friends in the world has been broken up forever with the death of Matthew Perry (54), the gigantic money machine behind ‘Friends’ continues to run unabated. Also posthumously will be Perry’s surviving relatives – as will each of the five remaining roomies – continue to earn an insane amount of money every year. Thanks to the incessant repeats, traveling decor replicas and pajamas in Primark. A financial look behind the scenes of the eternal sitcom.