When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses, and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysterious end of the equation, Deadline is repeating our Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament, using data culled by seasoned and trusted sources. SAN ANDREAS Warner Bros THE FILM Natural disaster movies were once a Hollywood staple, and New Line wanted to bring back the spirit of those Irwin Allen let’s-blow-s*hit-up epics that stopped being made when the Poseidon Adventure remake did so badly that it ended the run of an up-and-coming co-financier. What that film didn’t have was Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. He has been called “franchise Viagra” after coming aboard G.I. Joe and most significantly Fast & Furious , and improving the fortunes of those … [Read more...] about No. 18 ‘San Andreas’ – 2015 Most Valuable Movie Blockbuster Tournament
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No. 19 ‘The Revenant’ – 2015 Most Valuable Movie Blockbuster Tournament
When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses, and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysterious end of the equation, Deadline is repeating our Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament, using data culled by seasoned and trusted sources. THE REVENANT 20th Century Fox THE FILM If you judged the Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu -directed story of mauled wilderness trapper from all the stories of adversity and budget overruns, it would have been hard to imagine the picture ending up as the 19th most profitable feature of 2015. But you have to go back to films like Apocalypse Now to come up with a picture that overcame more adversity to become an absolute masterpiece. Consider that Inarritu, his cinematographer Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki, Leonardo … [Read more...] about No. 19 ‘The Revenant’ – 2015 Most Valuable Movie Blockbuster Tournament
Bryce Dallas Howard: Chris Pratt Helped Me Fight for Pay Equality After ‘Jurassic World’ Wage Gap
Since 2015, Bryce Dallas Howard has starred as Claire Dearing in the Jurassic World trilogy alongside Chris Pratt . In 2018, Variety reported that the actress was being paid $2 million less than her co-star, who had been paid $10 million for the second film. Now, Howard has revealed that the pay gap was actually much larger. “The reports were so interesting because I was paid so much less than the reports even said, so much less,” Howard told Insider . “When I started negotiating for Jurassic , it was 2014, and it was a different world, and I was at a great disadvantage. And, unfortunately, you have to sign up for three movies, and so your deals are set.” The actress said she has mostly reconciled the pay gap, largely thanks to Pratt. Howard said after she confided in her costar about their pay difference, he helped her secure larger payouts for other franchise branches that were not included in her initial contract, including theme-park rides and video games. … [Read more...] about Bryce Dallas Howard: Chris Pratt Helped Me Fight for Pay Equality After ‘Jurassic World’ Wage Gap