Quién gana más dinero en Hollywood

A pesar de la recesión, algunos talentos de Hollywood han demostrado que no les afecta la crisis. Sin embargo, los tiempos fáciles en los que el dinero fluía por todas partes, desde inversores internacionales a fondos de inversión libre, han pasado a la historia. Cada vez se hacen menos películas. Incluso se está forzando a muchas estrellas a aceptar los pagos solo si la película genera lo suficiente. A pesar de todo, sigue habiendo dinero para un selecto grupo.

Lo primero de todo, esta élite de Hollywood está limitada a las figuras creativas – productores, directores y estrellas. No se incluyen magnates, agentes o gentes que trabajan principalmente en televisión. En los cálculos se tiene en cuenta el salario del actor o profesional, sus porcentajes por taquilla y la venta de DVDs.

La lista de los que ganan más dinero en Hollywooden 2009 es:

1 Michael Bay

(William Morris Endeavor Entertainment)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $125 million
$75 million: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (back-end profit participation for directing and producing, based on worldwide box-office gross of $835 million)
$28 million: Transformers: R.O.T.F. (share of estimated $280 million in DVD revenue)
$12.5 million: Transformers: R.O.T.F. (share of toy and other licensing royalties)
$4 million: Friday the 13th (back end for producing, based on worldwide gross of $90 million, and share of DVD)
$2 million: The Unborn (back end for producing, based on worldwide gross of $77 million, and share of DVD)
$2 million: A Nightmare on Elm Street (fee for producing inexplicable remake)
$1.5 million: Royalties from older films, other income

2 Steven Spielberg

(Creative Artists Agency)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $85 million
$50 million: Universal theme-park royalties and consulting fees (ongoing deal signed in 1987)
$20 million: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (fee for producing and directing upcoming 2011 release)
$10 million: Other back-end revenue, royalties from older films
$5 million: Transformers: R.O.T.F. (back end as executive producer)

3 Roland Emmerich

(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $70 million
$70 million: 2012 (back end for producing and directing, based on worldwide gross of $746 million as of December 31)

4 James Cameron

(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $50 million
$50 million: Avatar (back end for producing, writing, and directing, based on worldwide gross of $830 million as of December 31)

5 Todd Phillips

(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $44 million
$39 million: The Hangover (back end for directing, based on worldwide gross of $460 million, and share of DVD)
$5 million: Due Date (fee for producing and directing upcoming comedy starring Robert Downey Jr.)

6 Daniel Radcliffe

(Artist Rights Group)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $41 million
$20 million: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I (fee for starring in upcoming penultimate Potter film)
$20 million: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II (fee for starring in 2011 series finale, also filmed last year)
$1 million: Royalties from older films, other revenue

7 Ben Stiller

(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $40 million
$20 million: Little Fockers (fee for starring in upcoming “threequel”)
$6 million: Greenberg (fee for starring)
$6 million: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (back end for starring, based on worldwide gross of $415 million, and share of DVD)
$5 million: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (back-end bonus for voice work, and share of DVD)
$2 million: Megamind (fee as executive producer of upcoming animated film)
$1 million: Submarine (fee as executive producer of upcoming indie film)

8 Tom Hanks

(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $36 million
$19 million: Angels & Demons (back end for starring, based on worldwide gross of $486 million, and share of DVD)
$15 million: Toy Story 3 (fee for voice work in upcoming “3-D-quel”)
$2 million: Royalties from older films, other revenue

9 J. J. Abrams

(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $36 million
$31 million: Star Trek (back end for producing and directing, based on worldwide gross of $385 million, and share of DVD)
$5 million: Morning Glory (fee for producing upcoming comedy starring Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton)

10 Jerry Bruckheimer

(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $35.5 million
$10 million: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (fee for producing upcoming action-comedy starring Nicolas Cage)
$10 million: Annual first-look deal with Disney
$7.5 million: Back end from various film projects
$5 million: G-Force (back end for producing, based on worldwide gross of $285 million)
$3 million: Confessions of a Shopaholic (back end for producing, based on worldwide gross of $105 million, and share of DVD)

11 Tyler Perry

(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $32.5 million
$19 million: Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail (back end for writing, directing, producing, and starring, based on domestic gross of $90 million—Perry’s films are not yet distributed internationally—and share of DVD)
$6 million: Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself (back end for writing, directing, and producing, based on domestic gross of $52 million)
$3 million: Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys (share of DVD for writing, directing, and producing)
$2.5 million: Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too? (fee for writing, directing, and executive-producing upcoming sequel starring Janet Jackson)
$2 million: Georgia Sky (fee for executive-producing a film without his name)

12 Adam Sandler

(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $31.5 million
$25 million: Grown Ups (fee for writing and starring in upcoming comedy with Chris Rock)
$2.5 million: Born to Be a Star (fee for writing and producing upcoming comedy starring Christina Ricci and Stephen Dorff)
$2 million: Zookeeper (fee for voice work in and producing upcoming animated feature)
$2 million: Assorted back end from other producing projects, royalties from older films, other revenue

13 Denzel Washington

(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $31 million
$15 million: The Book of Eli (fee for starring)
$15 million: Unstoppable (fee for starring in upcoming runaway-train thriller)
$1 million: Royalties from older films, other revenue

14 Emma Watson

(WME)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $30 million
$15 million: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I (fee for starring)
$15 million: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II (fee for starring)

15 Rupert Grint

(Hamilton Hodell)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $30 million
$15 million: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I (fee for starring)
$15 million: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II (fee for starring)

16 Owen Wilson

(United Talent Agency)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $29 million
$15 million: Little Fockers (fee for co-starring)
$8 million: Untitled James L. Brooks project (fee for starring opposite Jack Nicholson and Reese Witherspoon)
$2 million: Marley & Me (back end for starring, based on worldwide gross of $243 million, and share of DVD)
$2 million: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (back end for co-starring, and share of DVD)
$1 million: Marmaduke (fee for voice work in upcoming animated film based on tired comic strip)
$1 million: Royalties from older films, other revenue

17 Nicolas Cage

(CAA)
Estimated 2009 earnings: $28 million
$12 million: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (fee for starring)
$12 million: The Hungry Rabbit Jumps (fee for starring in upcoming vigilante thriller)
$2 million: G-Force (back-end bonus for voice work, based on worldwide gross of $285 million)
$1 million: Knowing (back end for starring, based on worldwide gross of $151 million, and share of DVD)
$1 million: Royalties from older films, other revenue