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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
Most of the "Stars" in movies these days take a piece of the gross box office instead of or in addition to their salary, correct?
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While every deal is structured differently, no one out of
possibly Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher are seeing backend from TLJ.
For
Rogue One, no one was given back end and no one was paid more than $500,000 dollars for their role.
Now, if you're Mark Wahlberg or The Rock or Robert Downey, Jr or Tom Cruise, sure, they're getting Producer Credits and back end.
But Daisy Ridley or John Boyega?
Highly doubtful.
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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
If Disney is inflating these figures, wont that cost them more money when they have to pay out the % to the film makers?
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I'm not sure I follow. Disney isn't reporting the box office grosses. Those are being reported by sources like The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Box Office Mojo, etc.
Also, the other thing to keep in mind is that while Disney's terms for Domestic Exhibitors is pretty tough, Disney still only receives 65% of the Domestic Box Office and after 4 weeks, that number usually favors the Exhibitor even more (I haven't seen any terms but after 4 weeks, that percentage is reduced in favor of the Exhibitor).
After 4 weeks, TLJ earned $580 million domestically, $377 million of which goes to Disney and the remaining $203 (plus concessions) is shared by the movie theater chains.
Throw in marketing and a little "Studio Accounting" and it's easy to see why very few actors receive Revenue Participation.