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I've seen figures of about $500k for a major film. Always ask for a fixed sum in cash. A percentage of profits is worthless because of "Hollywood accounting".

by bloak 7y ago

I've seen figures of about $500k for a major film. Always ask for a fixed sum in cash. A percentage of profits is worthless because of "Hollywood accounting". However, I think the custom is to buy a time-limited option first for 10% of that sum, say, and only pay the full sum if the film really gets made.

justin66 7y ago
> A percentage of profits is worthless because of "Hollywood accounting". One can always ask for a percentage of the gross, although it's rare that something like that is agreed to by everyone concerned. The producers of the original "Lord of the Rings" films felt for some reason kind of desperate at one point and tried to get Sean Connery to play Gandalf. They offered him a percentage of the gross to appear in the film. I did the math on it one time and if I remember correctly it would have paid over half a billion dollars...