Deets about the sort of money Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart made from the first instalment of the Twilight Saga have been unveiled by way of a lawsuit between film financier Goldcrest Film Distribution and studio Summit Entertainment.
According to court documents, Twilight generated over $392 million in worldwide box office revenues, not including the 11.5 million DVDs sold.
Goldcrest is currently suing Summit, claiming they were deprived out of money due to deceptive accounting practices.
Goldcrest states that Twilight cost below $40 million to produce and that they paid approximately $10 million to the production beforehand. In exchange, Goldcrest was to receive a part of the worldwide revenues generated by the four films.
Now, get this.
The lawsuit indicates that amended talent agreements with Pattinson, Stewart and other Twilight talent granted the stars a total of $6 million in additional retroactive bonuses.
For Pattinson, that meant “he was entitled to a $300,000 bonus,” according to the suit.
Also, when New Moon was being produced, the studio “amended the existing 2007 Twilight agreements to include additional retroactive bonuses,” therefore awarding Pattinson and Stewart $2.5 million each.
The author Stephenie Meyer and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg were awarded $500,000 each.
That’s not only it. The first Twilight film would be giving an additional $11.5 million to actors, writers and other talent stemming from home video residuals.
Can you imagine how much these stars have made already?!
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