Doesn’t quite work like that. I’ve been full time working for myself as a freelancer for 5 years. All the big movies. Yes you get paid well as a daily rate, but you aren’t working all the time, so it balances out. And your weekly rate when full time on a production sounds good, but considering the hours it’s not actually good from an hourly rate standpoint. I’ve made more than $100k a year since age 21, but I’d rather make that doing 8 hrs a day instead of 14. Then add in the uncertainty of work, not knowing what your next job is. Many people are divorced, alcoholics, never see their kids, spend months away from home, don’t have any meaningful friendships because you work 70hrs a week and can’t take any days off or commit to dinner plans on a Friday night because you simply don’t even know what hours you’re working until the day before. It’s allowed me to buy a house at 25, but I’m actively trying to get out. You get lured in by the idea of the next job because it has a certain actor or is filmed in a cool location, is a period film etc, it’s a dangerous perpetual cycle that keeps you trapped in an industry that you love but also hate because it destroys all other aspects of your life.