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> $200 million production

I'm aware that the accounting methods presumably aren't completely comparable but considering Dune apparently cost about $165 mil to make I am perpetually amazed how expensive some films have ended up being.

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Keep in mind that nearly half of that went to the three main cast members alone ($50M + $20M + $20M respectively)[0]. The Rock got more because he is both a star and producer of the movie.

[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2021/10/21/red-n...

The cast of Dune probably wasn't exactly cheap (Chalamet alone must command a big fee these days now that he has the chops and the bona fides now), but yep.

Tom Cruise numbers for the Rock, good God.

The Rock is a mediocre actor but a far bigger star than Cruise these days. He's been the highest or 2nd highest earning actor every year for the past five years.

The Rock has good crossover appeal, from action movies to children's adventure-commedies. Together, action fans + family-friendly crowd, is a pretty massive potential audience.

I think Cruise has the former but doesn't really do any of the latter, so his total potential audience may not be as large.

Rock is a great entertainer, cut his teeth in WWE. Why are we comparing? Is that even objectively possible?

Personally, I like the diversity he brings in all aspects.

The Rock will be POTUS in our lifetime

One step closer to President Camacho!

Though given some of the other choices, not sure The Rock is that far down the list really..

Watched it. So much money for such a stupid movie.

Yup, that’s my first thought too. However hard I try, I can’t justify the money some of these actors get paid. 50m for Dwayne - he is an average actor at best, somewhat entertaining, but 50M?

Movie itself was meh. I can’t get the 2 hours back :(

It's not about how much $ Dwayne deserves, but how much of the % he deserves. I'd argue 1/4th of the money makes sense, since a lot of people click on movies just because he's in it.

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