Superstar

Hollywood’s pay has been rising steadily, but the main driving force is the combination of the three giants: Innovative Artist Economics, William Morris Agency, and International Innovation Management. Keep climbing.

In 1988, Arnold-Schwarzenegger took the filming of "Dragon Brother and Mouse ( not only received the pay, but also participated in the box office dividend, which also opened a new chapter in the payment method of actors' pay; after that, in 1989, Jack Nicholson acted as a supporting role in "Batman." He completely gave up his salary, and got paid in the form of dividends, but on the condition that no matter how much the box office is, he can share it according to the proportion of the contract. There is no lower limit on the box office. In addition, the peripheral sales of ancillary products also participate in the sharing. In the end, Jack got 50 million US dollars in remuneration for the movie.

Since then, Hollywood actors' remuneration has opened a new era: basic remuneration plus box office dividends.

Actors' pay has always been a topic that people will never get tired of, and its popularity is probably second only to the scandals and scandals among artists. One of the important reasons is that these numbers are too large, and they are out of reach for ordinary people.

In fact, the media reports on actors’ pay is quite false. On the one hand, actors’ pay involves internal competition in the industry and can be regarded as trade secrets and not disclosed to the public; on the other hand, the studios and actors are in certain positions For special purposes, the actual remuneration may be deliberately exaggerated or reduced. Generally speaking, the exaggeration is to show off, and the reduction is to deal with the tax department's "door"-the United States' tax on the wealthy is astonishingly high. The most important reason is "deliberate simplification." In real life, the salary of an actor may not be clear as a number, but for the media and movie fans, the most impact is a right A number of zeros.

In Hollywood, the actor's remuneration was originally very simple, that is, the producer pays the actor a salary like a salary, and then completes the filming of the film, nothing more, but when the actor is included in the list of box office dividends, It becomes complicated, because the so-called box office dividend is inherently very complicated.

Because the North American film market is restricted by antitrust laws, production companies, distributors, and exhibitors are often different companies. Generally speaking, after the production company has produced a movie, it will be ‘handed over’ to the distribution company for operation, and the distribution company will contact the major theaters for screening.

There are two ways for the distribution company and the theater to pay dividends. The first is to "pay" a certain rent for the theaters. Gradually increase, but not higher than 40%; the second is that the issuing company does not "pay" the rent, and the theater directly "draws" the commission. In the first week, 30%, gradually increasing, the highest Not more than fifty percent.

Generally speaking, the box office generated by theater screenings accounts for 40% of the total box office that a movie can create. In other words, only 60% of the box office is left to the production companies and distributors.

This 60% can be divided into two situations. One is a large-scale production company, which owns the "door" of the distribution department, then 60% belongs to the production company; the other is the production company. The company'hands over' the distribution rights to professional distribution companies, so that the two must share this part of the benefits. Generally speaking, the production company occupies 30% to 35%, and the distribution company Take 25% to 30%.

Regardless of the first or second type, the profit of the "production" that the production company gets is about 30% to 35%, and this part of the profit needs to be produced. The company itself, the director, the producer, and the screenwriter are divided up together, and now one more actor has been added to the distribution list.

Twenty-five percent is the largest percentage that major Hollywood studios are willing to set aside for actors, directors, producers, and screenwriters. It is a combination of everyone participating in the dividend, not everyone. In other words, the final box office of a movie falls into the hands of the production company, which is 10 to 15% of the box office of a movie.

In fact, for large film production companies, the profitability of box office revenue has never been their most important source of income. Income from TV, cable TV, video tapes and other home entertainment projects, as well as income from peripheral copyrights, is the film system. The real source of income of the film company is as high as 80% of the profit of the film company, which is even higher than the box office of the film itself. Of course, the box office's ‘color’ will also drive other copyright and peripheral revenues, which are complementary to each other.

Directors, producers, screenwriters, and actors can get a share of almost 20% to 35% of the box office. Of course, there are occasional exceptions, but they are all after the 21st century. What's wrong, before the entire 90s, the ratio was almost at this level.

It is also for this reason that many big-name actors-such as Tom Cruise after becoming famous-are reluctant to use first-line'female' actors to partner, because that would mean more actors participating in dividends, and thus Lower his share ratio, but Tom is willing to cooperate with Steven Spielberg because he values ​​the box office influence brought by big directors, and the final economic benefits brought by it exceed the share ratio sacrifice. As for the works in which actors participate in a high proportion of shares, the actors will definitely spare no effort to promote them. From the exposure density of the actors during the publicity period, the economic benefits of the actors can be guessed to some extent. Of course, this also binds the actors and the box office more deeply, increases the responsibilities on the actors' shoulders, and enhances the actor's enthusiasm, which is also of positive significance.

In this part of the box office that can be divided into directors, producers, screenwriters, and actors, there will be varying degrees of'wave' movement according to the proportion of big names in each position, and the proportion of actors is from 5 to 5 percent. Fifty, the "wave" has a wide range of influences. The influencing factors include whether the co-actors are eligible for dividends, the actor's own charisma, the director and producer's big name, etc., in the final analysis, it is still a problem of Hollywood power.

So what kind of role does the agent play in this?

First, it is precisely because of the existence of the three major agencies that the box office dividends of directors, producers, screenwriters and actors have been made possible, and even the proportion of dividends has been continuously increased, which has greatly compressed the voice of the production company and made Hollywood’s The trend of power has fundamentally changed. Moreover, the actor can become a part of the box office dividend, and the brokerage company is the deciding factor of ‘sex’.

In addition, the agent has a ‘sexual’ negotiating role in determining the pay of the actors. The most basic ability of an excellent agent is to maximize the benefits of the actors, and the pay and performance benefits are the core links. For example, Lang was able to obtain a salary of 6 million for Hugo, but Joseph only obtained a salary of 3 million for Hugo. This is the gap. For another example, after Arnold-Schwarzenegger and Jack-Nicholson set precedents, the actors who can get dividends are still very rare, and the agent's tongue and flowers are decisive.

To put it simply, the broker is a good seller. He has a card worth three million dollars in his hand. If he only sells three million, he can only be said to be quite satisfactory; if he sells two million cheaply, then Just incompetent; of course, if he can sell six million and even get a dividend, this is a truly outstanding agent.

Hugo’s current situation in Hollywood is at a crossroads of opportunity. After "Yihai Xiongfeng", the media generally believes that Hugo can be among the first-line actors, which is a salary of 8 million U.S. dollars, but the problem is that there hasn’t been anything so far. A production company invited Hugo for this pay, so the so-called front line is the media's own rants.

However, it is undeniable that after experiencing the foreshadowing of "scenting fragrance and knowing women" and "Yihai Xiongfeng", Hugo originally had a certain degree of qualifications after rolling in Hollywood for ten years, so his salary was more than 3 million. The U.S. dollar has returned to the six million U.S. dollars during the "Hudson Eagle" period.

However, the salary of six million yuan is not just a matter of talking. Hugo's situation after the Golden Globes will not be fundamentally affected, but the impact is still inevitable. Therefore, whether or not he can get the salary of six million, the test is Joseph's personal ability!

If things are so simple, Joseph has strong confidence in winning six million dollars. He is willing to fight for Hugo, but the problem is that the crew of "Sleepless in Seattle" is not a rich team, although Joseph did not get the exact information, but as far as he knew, the budget for this work was only 20 million U.S. dollars.

In addition, ~www.readwn.com~ Joseph also inquired about the latest news. The heroine of "Night Sleep in Seattle" invited Meg Ryan to play. Meg is an actor with a big name than Hugo, although he has always been The salaries of'female' actors are lower than those of male actors, and it is not surprising that it is even 50% lower, but even if Meg has been somewhat sluggish in the past three years, the salaries should be around 4 million or 5 million. There is no problem.

In this way, if Joseph also asked Hugo to pay 6 million yuan, then the actor budget alone would account for 50% of the film's cost, which is almost an impossible task. What's more, Hugo was able to get the chance to perform at "Night Sleep in Seattle". It can be said that he has experienced countless difficulties, and Hugo is also full of confidence in appearing in this work, so now Joseph has no way to "stand up" and straighten his back. Nora said, "We won't play without six million."

Joseph couldn't help but feel a headache. So how should this scale of pay be calculated? This is also the reason why Joseph did not respond immediately when Nora raised the issue of pay, because he did not expect that Hugo would really have a successful audition. Unexpectedly, Hugo's first work after "Yihai Xiongfeng" was actually a chick movie.

"Do you really want to propose the form of box office share?" Joseph thought that this is not a way, but the problem is: Hugo has not reached the level that can claim box office dividends at all!