The two "Scream" sequels averaged US$7.5 million each, which is equivalent to a 50% salary increase based on the first film. This is already very good for a horror film director.

After all, it seems that horror films can make a big difference with small things, but in fact there are more failed projects. It is very good for Hollywood to have one or two horror films that are big box office hits every year, but low-cost horror films that are unknown or even go directly to the video tape market are definitely not.

More than one or two hundred.

Amy actually had the same thoughts as Simon.

For "Scream", Wes Craven is definitely not essential. Just like the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series he created for New Line Cinema a few years ago, Wes Craven

He only directed the first part of "A Nightmare on Elm Street". Later, the two parties also failed to agree on the salary for the sequel. Wes Craven chose to leave, but the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series was not affected by this, and there were several sequels in succession.

The box office of each film was higher than that of the previous film.

Looking at the conditions given by Paramount, a base salary of US$6 million plus 10% of the film's profit share. If calculated based on "Scream", this salary is indeed very high, but what about other than "Scream"?

The best box office performance of Wes Craven's previous films was the first "A Nightmare on Elm Street" with a box office of more than 25 million U.S. dollars. The other films were all within 20 million U.S. dollars. This is actually the limitation of horror films.

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Calculated at this level, the additional share clauses of that contract will not be much at all. If the project budget is too high, for example, if it reaches 20 million US dollars and the box office is 20 million US dollars, then there will basically be no profit at all.

In comparison, the $15 million Simon gave for the two "Scream" sequels is definitely very sincere.

However, thinking about Wes Craven's choices in the previous "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series, I just don't know if he will be smart enough. If Wes Craven chooses to cooperate with Paramount, once the next
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