$90 million from a $5 million budget
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Poseidon Adventure
esskayess — 9 years ago(November 27, 2016 10:31 PM)
The producers and studio must have been turning cartwheels as the bucks rolled in. And I suppose some of the actors had contracts based on gross earnings, too.
I saw it when it came out and it packed quite a wallop to a 10-year-old.
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KingTrump — 9 years ago(December 31, 2016 05:53 PM)
I read the director or whoever used some of his money to get this movie going. The studio was only going to give them so much or something. They didn't think people would be interested in this kind of movie. Maybe I'm thinking of the wrong movie lol.
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InherentlyYours — 9 years ago(January 08, 2017 03:29 PM)
And I suppose some of the actors had contracts based on gross earnings, too.
oh, I don't know, especially when it wasn't expected to be a hit (as you said) With The Towering Inferno, I could see that happening.
However, if I was the producer, I would pay them something extra retroactively if it earned that much, regardless of the contract. I dont think the cast of
Night of the Living Dead
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Woodyanders — 6 years ago(April 03, 2019 03:28 PM)
Several friends of Irwin Allen who signed on as investors made out like bandits despite the fact that they put zero money into the film.
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