Star Wars Discussion Thread contains spoilers (and may contain nuts)

[lustindarkness]

Logical that Ford got paid more for ONE movie where his character is pretty central. And Hamill got a seven figure and did not even say a word!? Not bad!

[celedhring]

http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/harrison-ford-50-times-pay.html?mid=facebook_nymag

Report: Harrison Ford Was Paid More Than 50 Times More Than His Force Awakens Co-Stars

The Force Awakens is making a stupid amount of record-breaking money, so its stars must be, too, right? Well, yes, but especially if you are Harrison Ford, according to the Daily Mail. In a report published this weekend, the 73-year-old icon was cited as raking in a hefty eight-figure salary — one roughly 76 times greater than those of Daisy Ridley and John Boyega — for reprising his role as Han Solo.

Variety checked in late Monday, however, with updated flat fees:

Ford: $10 million-$20 million

Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher: low seven-figure range

Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac: mid-to-high six-figure range

Boyega, Ridley: $100,000-$300,000

Returning actors reportedly received a legacy pay scale that boosted them above the newer talent — Ford is highest because of that special plot-related reason you're suspecting. "Harrison is the key to making this movie work. He's the link between the old generation and the new," a source explained to Mail. "Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher were good to get, but the film could have lived without them. You couldn't make it without Harrison Ford."

Variety added that Episode VIII participants will likely get to renegotiate their contracts and that the above numbers don't account for back-end bonuses, which activate once the film's worldwide box-office breaks $1 billion. In other words, the non-Ford stars are still making, or will likely soon be making, this kind of money, too. Read more about the paydays here.

100 000 - 300 000 is a laughable salary for a major role in an ultra-expensive blockbuster. I hope they negotiated a decent backend at the very least.

[DontSayBanana]

100 000 - 300 000 is a laughable salary for a major role in an ultra-expensive blockbuster. I hope they negotiated a decent backend at the very least.

That's what I was thinking.  If you can afford to pay a guy 20 mil, you can afford to pay your leads better than 100k.

[Barrister]

http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/harrison-ford-50-times-pay.html?mid=facebook_nymag

Report: Harrison Ford Was Paid More Than 50 Times More Than His Force Awakens Co-Stars

The Force Awakens is making a stupid amount of record-breaking money, so its stars must be, too, right? Well, yes, but especially if you are Harrison Ford, according to the Daily Mail. In a report published this weekend, the 73-year-old icon was cited as raking in a hefty eight-figure salary — one roughly 76 times greater than those of Daisy Ridley and John Boyega — for reprising his role as Han Solo.

Variety checked in late Monday, however, with updated flat fees:

Ford: $10 million-$20 million

Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher: low seven-figure range

Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac: mid-to-high six-figure range

Boyega, Ridley: $100,000-$300,000

Returning actors reportedly received a legacy pay scale that boosted them above the newer talent — Ford is highest because of that special plot-related reason you're suspecting. "Harrison is the key to making this movie work. He's the link between the old generation and the new," a source explained to Mail. "Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher were good to get, but the film could have lived without them. You couldn't make it without Harrison Ford."

Variety added that Episode VIII participants will likely get to renegotiate their contracts and that the above numbers don't account for back-end bonuses, which activate once the film's worldwide box-office breaks $1 billion. In other words, the non-Ford stars are still making, or will likely soon be making, this kind of money, too. Read more about the paydays here.

100 000 - 300 000 is a laughable salary for a major role in an ultra-expensive blockbuster. I hope they negotiated a decent backend at the very least.

Ridley and Boyega though were complete unknowns.  They had precisely zero bagaining power.  Plus appearing in this movie is going to completely make their careers.  If anything they should have paid money to Abrams to be in The Force Awakens.

Driver and Isaac, in comparison, weren't huge stars or anything but they do have some experience.

And as for Fisher, Hamil and Ford... sure you could make the movie without them, but they're the people the fans wanted to see.  They had plenty of bargaining power.

[The Larch]

Plus appearing in this movie is going to completely make their careers.  If anything they should have paid money to Abrams to be in The Force Awakens.

Yeah, look at Hayden Christensen, he's killing it. 

[derspiess]

Timmy totally didn't recognize Han or Leia (or Luke for that matter).  I guess they do look fairly different than 30 years ago.

Tommy was a little freaked out by how old Leia was.

[MadImmortalMan]

I would have done it for free plus a percentage of the gross.

[Admiral Yi]

I would have done it for free plus a percentage of the gross.

No one gets gross points, do they?

[Barrister]

I would have done it for free plus a percentage of the gross.

No one gets gross points, do they?

YOu're stupid to take net points.  Movies are infamous for never turning a profit.

IIRC some of the original Star Wars actors got some percentages, and of course earned enormous sums of money as a result.

[Admiral Yi]

YOu're stupid to take net points.

 

[MadImmortalMan]

I heard Ford got gross, yeah.

[celedhring]

YOu're stupid to take net points.

 

Sony infamously argued that the Spiderman films had lost money in order to avoid paying Stan Lee his net (they ended up losing in court). So yeah, nobody trusts Hollywood's books nowadays.

[MadImmortalMan]

Carrie has a frozen face now. It's pretty clear she hasn't acted in a while.

[Syt]

Seen the movie a third time. Still had a great time, but I think I'll wait till the blu ray comes out before watching again.

[celedhring]

I'm tempted to fit a 3D session somewhere down the line. Is it: worth it?