--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> 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.
I stand corrected. I should have said that Zaentz's involvement was limited to selling the rights. > > > > > 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/
