--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > I find it fascinating that in worldwide grosses, > > > there doesn't appear to be a single non-US film > > > on the list (unless you count Notting Hill, which > > > was filmed in Britain). > > > > > > > Er... The Lord of the Rings triology was filmed entirely in New > Zeland, using New Zeland > > companies for FX and costumes and so on, by a New Zeland director. > ALL the 20,000+ extras > > were New Zelanders, and the main cast was an international > ensemble from all over. > > > > And as far as I know, gross world ticket sales includes sales in > every country, not just the > > USA. > > > > Saul Zaentz, an American, produced it.
NewLIne Cinimea funded it. Just how are you going to define "American Film?" Where it is made?--who is involved at all levels?--or where the money comes from? If it's where the money comes from. then most films are probably "Japanese" these days, or maybe Saudi. Zaentz got a LOT of money out of the movie rights but nowhere near the $2.9 billion gross BO sales receipt. And no-one claims that he produced it except you: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117928289?categoryid=13&cs=1 Saul Zaentz now holds the record for the biggest payday ever earned by a movie producer for a film franchise he didn't even produce. Zaentz purchased the rights to J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy in 1976, and papers in a lawsuit filed by the 84-year-old movie and music mogul against New Line reveal just how savvy a move that turned out to be. Mini-major paid his company an astonishing $168 million in royalties from the three movies. > > Zaentz bought the rights from the Tolkien estate in, I believe, > the '70s for $100,000 which was considered way, way too much. Why? > Because pre-CAD the books were considered impossible to do...so they > essentially gave the rights away. > > Well, that $100,000.00 investment has turned into a $3 trillion > worldwide gross...and that's not counting merchandising, rentals, > DVDs, etc. > Yeah, but he didn't get a substantial portion of that. as far as I know. Jackson got $40 million up front, and his production companies got about 2/3 of the $300 million that it cost to make. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
