Who gets all the money from a movie?
Who gets all the money from a movie?
No one person “gets” the money. It goes into the company’s funds and is used again to make more movies. Everyone working for the company, from the CEO to the actors to the caterers, gets paid a salary from those funds. Everything else belongs to the company, and if it’s a public company, its shareholders.
Who makes the most money in film?
Highest earnings for a single production
| Actor | Film | Total income |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Cruise | War of the Worlds | $100,000,000 |
| Will Smith | Men in Black 3 | $100,000,000 |
| Robert Downey Jr. | Avengers: Infinity War | $75,000,000+ |
| Avengers: Endgame | $75,000,000 |
How much do directors and actors get paid in movies?
In very broad, general terms, *usually* the cast of a film will account for about 20\% of a film’s overall production budget, and a director’s pay will range anywhere between 3-5\% of the production budget. (For more details about budget breakdown, see this answer I wrote recently.)
How do movie stars get paid in profit participation deals?
Major stars can demand a percentage of the gross income, rather than the net income in the Producers’ Pool. This explains why a star can earn millions on a “profit participation” deal, even when the film is not technically in profit.
How much do independent film distributors get paid?
Distributors of independent films typically receive between 28\% and 35\% of income. This means that for some ‘specialist’ titles (art house films, small foreign language films, documentaries, etc), the exhibitors are keeping up to 72\% of the ticket sales.
How is the money split between the investors and the producers?
Typically, the investors are repaid in full, and then the money is split 50:50 between the Investors’ Pool (i.e. profit for the investors) and the Producers’ Pool (i.e. the money shared with certain members of cast and crew who were assigned a share of profits). In many cases, investment deals can be slightly more complicated, such as: