muscle actor

Chapter 387 The first Hollywood salary
Later, the stars became more and more independent. If you want to say that the most expensive ones are the members of Hollywood's 2000 million club.

Take the muscular governor who turned to politics as an example. Before bidding farewell to Hollywood, he received the most expensive remuneration through "Terminator 3": 3000 million US dollars!
Think back to when he first came to shoot "Hercules in New York", the salary was only 12000 US dollars.

But when it comes to the superstar who dares to make money the most, it is Tom Cruise. Other stars only receive dry remuneration, but he not only accepts the money, but also takes a commission. As early as the "Rain Man" in 88, Lao Tang Start the charging model of remuneration + box office commission.

The reason why "Mission: Impossible" and "Mission: Impossible 2" were able to earn 7000 million and 7500 million respectively was because of box office commissions. Later films such as "Minority Report" and "The Last Samurai", in addition to box office commissions, The salary was as high as US$2500 million.

In "War of the Worlds" in 05, the charging method was directly changed to no remuneration, and 20% of the total global box office profit was directly charged!

The six giants couldn't help scolding their mothers!

However, there are very few in Hollywood at this level. For example, Will Smith, "Ali" began to receive 2000 million pay, while "Men in Black 2" and "Jedi Men 2" enjoyed 10% and 20% of the box office share respectively. Although "I, Robot" has no share, the salary has risen to 2800 million.

In recent years, with the soaring costs of filming and publicity, making blockbuster films has often become a performance art that costs a lot of money, and once a star has signed a pay or play contract, no matter whether the film is made or not, he has to pay obediently.

The bosses felt headaches one after another, and even fought directly. Lao Tang and his old club, Paramount, were torn apart. The reason was that before the release of "Mission: Impossible 3", Lao Tang coerced the company to charge more than 20% of the total box office profits.

In this way, the global box office must reach 5 million U.S. dollars before it is possible to recover the capital, and the global box office of "Mission: Impossible 2" is only 5.46 million U.S. dollars, so Paramount simply turned against Lao Tang, who has always cooperated closely.

There are also the big three that contributed to the global sales of "The Da Vinci Code" of 7.58 million US dollars, starring Hanks, director Ron Howard and producer Bryan, who share as much as 40% of the box office profits, which was abruptly cut by Sony. Press down to 25%.

But some people are sad and some people are happy. When Tobey Maguire took over the role of "Spider-Man", the film salary was only 400 million US dollars, and by the time of "Spider-Man 2", it had soared to 1700 million US dollars. Spider-Man 3 must have been more than $2000 million on the payroll.

So Ding Cheng is not in a hurry, the $600 million is only temporary, and we will take our time in the future.

Soon Yaozai sorted out the contract and reported to Ding Chenghui: "Others are fine, as for other additional conditions during work, we..."

Ding Cheng waved his hand and said casually: "Just follow the rules, just keep a low profile when you're new here."

Seeing that Yaozai understands, word of mouth is very important, although Hollywood is all about money, as long as the actor has box office appeal, everything else is trivial.

But after all, I just came here, and I am not the kind of hypocritical person. I heard that Jennifer Lopez, when she is out filming or doing publicity, does not take a Mercedes-Benz when she goes out. The reason is simple: riding in other brands of cars will cause back pain.

Although her acting skills are mediocre, even during the filming of the low-budget movie "Border Town" on the Mexican border last year, she still asked the crew to rent a luxury villa for her, otherwise she would feel uncomfortable when she started work the next day.

He even asked to pay his personal hair stylist a salary of [-] US dollars per day, which caused complaints from all over the crew, but in the end he could only stare blankly, because all this was written in black and white in the performance contract, which is the rule of the game under the star system.

Of course, even if I don't say it clearly, I will definitely be treated in a five-star hotel during my working hours. As for the others, let alone newcomers, I have never asked for it even in China.

Just play well and it's over.
What are you pretending to be?
It was only after I came out that I realized that the whole world is actually the same.It seems that the additional terms are kept secret from the outside public, but as insiders, the stars will soon know how a certain person is treated like a king and queen when he participates in a certain film.

So everything from the level of residence during filming, the luxury of the pick-up and drop-off vehicles and make-up vans, the number of attendants, to pet treatment and flowers and toilet paper, all became items of comparison.

I once heard that there are three dressing rooms in a small fresh meat room. The first room belongs to me, the second room belongs to my fitness equipment, and the third room belongs to my attendant.

Hollywood is even more exaggerated. The reason is that celebrities are often the pinnacle of the box office. Even if one of the three films loses money, the profits earned by the other two can still make up for the difference.

As more and more Hollywood films conduct global financing, many ignorant overseas investors are taken advantage of, and fools don’t cheat their money for nothing.

"This is the latest Ulma scale. We currently rank you at 181."

Ding Cheng took over the table, commonly known as the Hollywood Star Charm Index Ranking, which was developed and researched by a columnist named James. According to multiple indicators such as return on investment, professionalism, and acting talent, etc., a star is evaluated in all aspects. Its reliability is widely favored by investors.

The two hundred celebrities on the list all have their own box office appeal. I am new to the list because of my achievements in Southeast Asia and France.

Watching Yaozai go out to negotiate with people in a mighty way, because she does not have the qualifications of a broker stipulated by the law, she can only entrust a local company to act as an agent, all kinds of troublesome things.

Ding Cheng was secretly helpless. According to the unwritten rules of Hollywood, all employees in the industry, from directors, actors to photographers, etc., are not allowed to negotiate and sign contracts in person. They must hire agents and middlemen to handle these matters.

As for the agent's remuneration, the current popular market price is about 10% of the total amount of each contract. For example, if an agent wins 2000 million US dollars for a certain star starring in a blockbuster movie, then he can get 200 million US dollars.So from another perspective, the exorbitant prices of the stars have nothing to do with their agents.

If a certain agent wins 2000 million yuan for a client for the first time, it means that the industry's popularity will increase and a large number of potential clients will arrive. From the director to the screenwriter's client's agent, it is by no means a fantasy to decide whether a blockbuster movie will be launched or not.

The most famous agency, CAA, seems to be called Creative Elite Cultural Agency Co., Ltd. in China, because it has a large number of top Hollywood signing clients such as Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Tom Cruise, and has a lot of interest in Hollywood production companies. Provides a bundle of writers and directors, and is known as the behind-the-scenes man who really controls Hollywood.

Of course, I have to say that Hollywood has a very strict trade union system, and the actors' union sets minimum remuneration standards for its members.In other words, even if you play a small role, there is a minimum guarantee, which is much better than a helpless horizontal drift.

(End of this chapter)