MovieChat Forums > The Poseidon Adventure (1972) Discussion > $90 million from a $5 million budget

$90 million from a $5 million budget


The producers and studio must have been turning cartwheels as the bucks rolled in. And I suppose some of the actors had contracts based on gross earnings, too.

I saw it when it came out and it packed quite a wallop to a 10-year-old.


My people skills are fine. It's my tolerance of morons that needs work.

reply

I read the director or whoever used some of his money to get this movie going. The studio was only going to give them so much or something. They didn't think people would be interested in this kind of movie. Maybe I'm thinking of the wrong movie lol.

reply

And I suppose some of the actors had contracts based on gross earnings, too.
oh, I don't know, especially when it wasn't expected to be a hit (as you said) With The Towering Inferno, I could see that happening.

However, if I was the producer, I would pay them something extra retroactively if it earned that much, regardless of the contract. I dont think the cast of Night of the Living Dead received a bonus after it earned 100X it's budget. My feeling is is that just because you don't HAVE to pay someone a bonus, doesn't mean you have to avail yourself

reply

I was 17 when it came out and clearly remember it was a huge deal and very popular in my area.

reply

Too bad a bunch of RETARDS were in charge of the remake.

A gay guy lives but everyone who wasn’t WHITE died in the remake.

Disclaimer should have said: “No white people were harmed in the making of this film.”

reply

I don't remember there being anyone who wasn't white in the remake, except the captain.

reply

In other words you didn’t see it.

Seeing as the non-white people who were escaping with the main cast all died.

reply

You talking about the TV remake where the terrorists blow a hole in the ship? I thought you meant the version with Kurt Russell.

reply

Yes...the big-screen one(with the black captain Andre Braigher) where an Argentinian stowaway and Hispanic busboy die worthless deaths while the fag and the other white folks live.



reply