This kind of verbal conflict is not worth it, Simon prefers to do nothing but talk.

However, many people in the hall actually understood the reason.

As a movie with a budget of US$50 million, the expenditure structure of "Batman Begins" is definitely different from other movies of the same magnitude.

For example, last Friday Sylvester Stallone's new film "The Dragon" was released a week ahead of "Batman", with a budget of US$55 million. It is rumored that Stallone alone took away US$15 million, which is also accurate.

The salaries of first-line supporting actor Kurt Russell and veteran Hollywood director Andrei Konchalovsky are not too low. There are also other supporting actors, but the main creative expenditure accounts for 50% of the film's budget.

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In comparison, apart from Simon, there is no star in "Batman Begins" worth more than $1 million.

As for Simon himself, he still continues to receive a base salary of $1 plus a 10% North American box office share and a 5% video sales share, which greatly reduces the film's expenditure on the main creative. Producer Joe Silver's salary is also not high.

It was only US$2 million, with no profit sharing plan. This was an offer made by Simon himself. He was very aware of the potential profits of this project, so he would not make the same mistake that Warner promised Joe Silver to Nicholson in the original time and space.

Profit sharing plan.

Although he has been promoted to a first-line gold medal producer after "Lethal Weapon" and "Die Hard", the salary of Hollywood producers is actually not high, far below the level of first-line directors and first-line stars.

A number of gold medal producers in Hollywood at this time, such as Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced "Top Gun" a few years ago and has a higher status than Joe Silver, have a fixed salary of only US$1 million. However, gold medal producers

often enjoy profit-sharing plans

Simon paid Joe Silver a one-time payment of US$2 million, which was equivalent to an advance payment of the other party's profit share.

Producers usually juggle many projects at the same time, and the combined fixed pay and royalties they receive from most films are often less than $2 million.

Moreover, Joe Silver can only be regarded as the second producer of "Batman Begins" and is only responsible for logistical support. Simon is the first producer with absolute control, so the salary of US$2 million is very important to Xi

It's quite rich for Erva.

The result is that because Simon received a base salary of $1, the leading actors such as Adam Baldwin only received hundreds of thousands of dollars in salary, and the highest producer, Joe Silver, only received $2 million. "Batman Begins" was under production

, the expenditure on the three aspects of director and starring was less than US$5 million.

Simon's investment in the production of the film exceeded 90% of the budget. In comparison, the quality of the film naturally far exceeds that of action films of the same level.

After Simon answered this question, Billy Crystal did not give Jane Trevor a chance to ask further questions and pointed to others.

The lively premiere and subsequent after-party lasted well into the night.

The next day, Simon flew to Australia with Janet early in the morning.
Chapter completed!