David Krumholtz exposes his residuals from ‘The Santa Clause’ — and it’s shocking

David Krumholtz doesn’t person a jolly vacation play from his “The Santa Clause” residuals.

“They’re minimal because nan movie plays truthful much,” he explained to Page Six astatine nan property time for “Are You Now aliases Have You Ever Been” connected May 26. “This is really residuals work: each clip it plays, you make less. It’s a people scale.”

The character played Bernard nan Head Elf successful nan hugely successful 1994 vacation movie and its 2002 sequel. While he didn’t return for nan 3rd film, which released successful 2006, he did make an quality successful nan 2022 Disney+ series.

Krumholtz, 48, recalled that erstwhile he first received residuals from nan Tim Allen-starring Christmas movie “it was good,” but estimates that he now makes “$150 bucks a year” from nan franchise.

The New York City-born star, who has had a agelong profession successful movies for illustration “10 Things I Hate About You” and nan “Harold & Kumar” franchise arsenic good arsenic shows for illustration “Numb3rs,” estimates that correct now he earns nan astir residuals from his caller quality successful nan 2023 blockbuster “Oppenheimer.”

When Page Six cheekily asked for a number, Krumholtz jokingly replied, “That’s nary of your business! What benignant of mobility is that?” He past admitted, “It’s $12.73. It’s capable to bargain a basking canine successful New York.”

Krumholtz will soon beryllium seen successful “Supergirl” and successful nan New York City Center revival of “Are You Now aliases Have You Ever Been,” which uses original transcripts of celebrated faces forced to look earlier nan 1940s House Committee connected Un-American Activities hearings.

During these hearings, artists were harangued and pressured to admit their affiliation pinch nan Communist Party and sanction different statement members.

Krumholtz plays drama writer Abe Burrows, who wrote “Guys and Dolls” and was nan begetter of famed TV head James Burrows. Abe died successful 1985 astatine property 74.

Krumholtz said Abe named names “with awesome fervor,” noting that “these group were conscionable trying to survive.”

“It’s fundamentally cancel civilization successful those times, and if personification was attempting to cancel maine coming for what I felt was an cruel reason, I suppose I’d do thing to get retired of it,” he reasoned. “I emotion acting, and I emotion my career. I request it.”

Krumholtz said he “didn’t blame” Abe, but explained, “He didn’t do a very bully occupation astatine being opaque astir his desire to get nan hellhole retired of trouble. He was very transparently desperate, and he thought he was being funny.

He added that Abe “deflected everything pinch a laugh, but it wasn’t funny.”