redfirebird2008 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 The salaries have changed today. Actors don't get that big money like they used to. Unfortunately for the guys that financed Transcendence, you're wrong. Depp laughing his way to the bank with $20m on a huge flop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 (edited) The salaries have changed today. Actors don't get that big money like they used to. Tell that to RDJ who got 50 million dollars for TA and likely as much from Im3. Imo certain actors will command big salaries but they unlike before it is not a given. Edited November 17, 2014 by Lordmandeep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Unfortunately for the guys that financed Transcendence, you're wrong. Depp laughing his way to the bank with $20m on a huge flop. Yes, but those are few and far between now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Tell that to RDJ who got 50 million dollars for TA and likely as much from Im3. Come on dude. I know that. I follow this stuff. Thanks for pointing out the obvious. Those are special circumstances where they signed for points. My point is that salaries have come down immensely in the last 5 years. There are exceptions of course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 Tell that to RDJ who got 50 million dollars for TA and likely as much from Im3. Imo certain actors will command big salaries but they unlike before it is not a given. But RDJ didn't get all of that upfront. He negotiated gross points on TA, IM3 and apparently on every movie he will appear in going forward. By the time Infinity War Part 2 comes along he will have made enough to buy a small island somewhere, and hire the rest of his costars as the domestic help paying them more than what they make on the movies themselves. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 That is true, stars making money like RDJ will become quite rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpospoke Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Well... yeah? They did. Fine by me if Nolan fans want to group him in with Michael Bay. Just needed clarification on that. As far as Nolan goes I would say that getting plot-heavy movies like Inception and IS to do big numbers overseas is pretty good going. The latter, in particular, is being sold almost entirely on his name alone if the people I know are anything to go by. Not sure his name means a lot. The ads I saw mentioned the movies he directed, but not him. Plus, this may be proving that he can't carry a blockbuster without Batman or Leo. And if there was a fanboy element at work in regard to his name....wouldn't that make for huge opening weekends and mediocre legs? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvin Frohike Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 To clarify, I meant that the dates in 2008 are identical with the dates in 2014 (both opened Friday, November 7th). Wasn't referring to performance. I understand, and wasn't targeting your post, actually, even though it was the origin of this mini-discussion. I just meant that their runs only coincidentally look similar to this point after their OWs, and that before and after this they should diverge significantly, or else something is going terribly wrong--something unprecedented even before WDAS began their latest hot streak, and would be even more strange in light of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Unfortunately for the guys that financed Transcendence, you're wrong. Depp laughing his way to the bank with $20m on a huge flop. And if he keeps flopping, he'll be laughing his way to obscurity or a Sharknado franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 And if he keeps flopping, he'll be laughing his way to obscurity or a Sharknado franchise. Doesn't he own a private island? He'll retire there first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Doesn't he own a private island? He'll retire there first. The perfect place to film Sharknado 4! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasanahmad Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 The reason gone girl is doing well that not only is it a great movie but it is a great date movie which has lots of viewings in 2's and double dates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Alfred Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 (edited) Interstellar would have been a Source Code type of film without Nolan. He's a truly unique film maker, achieving that some visionaries could never do, find the way to sell non-Hollywood art work on a big scale to the masses. Nolan's achievements will be far beyond his work, the fact that he has a huge fanbase is one thing, but he might inspire people the way musicians or great leaders do. Maybe somewhere in a tiny village in Oregon a genius kid watches Interstellar and will be inspired to study science and will come up with big things in his life. Nolan films has the power to stay with you beyond the entertainment level. I truly adore Nolan's ambition. Really curious what he's next project is going to be. I'd love him to stay with science, maybe a biopic of an interesting character, Faraday, Newton... Edited November 17, 2014 by Alfredstellar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 (edited) Nolan is a brand. Meaning simply being a Nolan film does not mean everyone will flock to see it. However if people hear good things about the fact it is a Nolan film would convince people more easily to see it. Another great example is GOTG, it did well as it was an entertaining blockbuster. However the fact it had the Marvel brand behind it likely convinced audience goers to see it as well. Tell me if some other studio made a film about a guy named Starlord a green assassin, a racoon and a tree it would have made anywhere near as much? Edited November 17, 2014 by Lordmandeep 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 I liked to see Nolan tackle a smaller film next, maybe a biopic or a thriller of some sort. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 (edited) I liked to see Nolan tackle a smaller film next, maybe a biopic or a thriller of some sort. Honestly I'd like to see him do his Howard Hughes biopic. It's been 10 years since The Aviator and I'm especially interested, because he called it the best script he had ever written. Maybe even Jim Carrey can still play the role, like originally planned. Would be nice to see him in another dramatic role as well. Edited November 17, 2014 by Pokearcher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Interstellar would have been a Source Code type of film without Nolan. Interstellar would have been a 300m type of film without Nolan. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Interstellar would have been a 300m type of film without Nolan. Would have been made a lot sooner if that was the case. Development hell with Spielberg attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexJoker Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Interstellar would have been a 300m type of film without Nolan. Interstellar would be generic as fuck without Nolan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Interstellar would be generic as fuck without Nolan. as if it's not generic in it's current form? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
