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Interesting to see that Shyamalan was paid $300K to write, $200K to direct, and $3M to produce the movie.
by wmf 3y ago
Interesting to see that Shyamalan was paid $300K to write, $200K to direct, and $3M to produce the movie.
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- danpalmer 3y agoAnd 7.2m for the story rights, the first line item.
- joshspankit 3y agoAm I reading this right that M. Night got over 10M (and possibly the most out of anyone) because of the 7.5M story rights/writing on top of the 3M for directing?
- wmf 3y agoThe auteur theory at work.
- wmf 3y agoWhoops, somehow I misread that as $7,200. Don't tell the "idea guys" about this!
- mrkstu 3y agoI'm assuming it was as Director that he made most of his back end money.
- raverbashing 3y agoI wonder if those fees are based on a "fixed fees" schedule (these ones above, not the script one)