Agreed, Hollywood accountants may be more creative than the filmmakers. But really, all they are doing is taking money out of one pocket and putting it into ano

Agreed, Hollywood accountants may be more creative than the filmmakers. But really, all they are doing is taking money out of one pocket and putting it into another. Their marketing division or others will simply massively overcharge the film for their services. Thus showing a huge charge against the film budget. This is to keep from paying royalties based on profit. This is also why Keanu Reeves is one of the richest actors in Hollywood. He made a 15% on gross deal for the matrix. So no amount of shifty accounting could get the studios out of paying him. One can only assume they made that deal at the time because they didn't expect the movie to be all that successful.