“Beauty and the Beast” is the next attractive offer after the Harry Potter series so that “English rose” Emma Watson can return to the highest salary ever in her career.

According to information from the famous movie website Hollywood Reporter (USA), actress Emma Watson received a salary of 3 million USD (68 billion VND) in advance when accepting the role of Belle in “Beauty and the Queen”. monster”. However, this is not the “final” number, because the final salary level will be finalized when the film’s revenue is finalized.

With the very strong box office effect that “Beauty and the Beast” is creating, Hollywood Reporter believes that Emma Watson will likely receive a salary of up to 15 million USD (341 billion VND). The trend of paying star actors extra pay based on box office revenue when the movie is released is currently a trend that ensures safety for the studio and also makes the actors “excited”.

In the past few years, Disney’s “live-action” animation with the participation of real actors has become a “formidable force” at the world box office, with “Alice in Wonderland” (2010, grossed 1 billion USD), “Maleficent” (2014, grossed 758.5 ​​million USD), “Cinderella” (2015, grossed 543.5 million USD), “The Jungle Book” ( 2016, earning 966.6 million USD)…

Currently, when “Beauty and the Beast” is continuously breaking many world box office records, promising to bring in “huge” revenue, people are starting to pay attention to the salaries of the participating actors. Disney blockbuster movie.

“Beauty and the Beast” was just released on March 17. After just 3 weekends, the film has brought in 350 million USD in revenue from the world box office. This “live-action” animated masterpiece had a production cost of 160 million USD and 140 million USD spent on promotional campaigns. Up to now, “Beauty and the Beast” has begun to reach a level of revenue. interest.

With many animated blockbusters dominating the box office in recent years, world movie stars are very excited about invitations from “animation tycoons”. Although Emma Watson once had a salary of 60 million USD for a total of 8 Harry Potter movies, after leaving the role of witch Hermione, she was unable to maintain this salary.

“Beauty and the Beast” is the next attractive offer after the Harry Potter series so that Watson can return to the peak salary of his career.

Currently, Disney is continuing to exploit the classic animated series remade in the “live-action” format, with many major projects about to be released next year such as “Mulan” scheduled to premiere. on November 2, 2018, “Mary Poppins Returns” premieres on December 24, 2018, and also “The Lion King”.

In the past, Disney has been known as a studio that carefully calculates every dollar spent. Anything outside the contract agreed upon by the studio will not be conceded.

For example, actor Dan Stevens (playing the monster prince) in “Beauty and the Beast” did not get the studio’s approval to rent a “better” car as he requested, so he could be comfortable. , convenient for transporting two small children while participating in the film project.

Or like the female lead Lily James of “Cinderella” (Cinderella – 2015) was also refused by the studio, not paying for a first-class plane ticket for her mother, when she wanted to fly with her daughter on a trip. with the film crew.

Although not a “big guy” in all matters, Disney’s film projects are always an ideal take-off place for movie stars who want to have roles in box office hits, because Disney is always associated with top quality cartoons that appeal to both adults and children.

Recently, with plans to remake the animated film “Dumbo” (Dumbo – 1941), Disney initially tried to contact Will Smith to invite this star actor to participate in the film project.

But Will Smith, with his Hollywood star status, demanded to receive $20 million in salary firmly from the beginning, regardless of the film’s revenue after its release. Disney immediately withdrew the invitation.

Currently, the way Disney pays actors is often based on box office revenue. In the initial step, the actor must “share the burden” with the studio, demonstrated by accepting a fairly modest initial salary, then wait until the movie comes out in theaters, if it makes a “huge” revenue. “, both sides will share the profits later.

As in the case of actress Angelina Jolie, when participating in “Maleficent” (2014), at first this powerful actress only received a very “symbolic” salary, but when the film won big in theaters, earning 758.5 ​​million USD, she received an additional salary of 20 million USD.

In fact, “sharing the burden” with the studio by agreeing on an additional salary rate based on box office revenue not only helps the studio be more financially secure, but also helps the actors themselves. Don’t be disadvantaged too much if the movie creates a big effect in theaters.

However, to be sure to receive additional pay in these types of “negotiations”, the actor must be sure to be a popular name at the box office.