Originally Posted by kane

It is simple economics. If his movies weren't making them money they wouldn't be paying him that fee. It's pretty simple. If they pay him 12 million for a movie that costs them a total of 60 million to make and it does 60 million in the US and another 60 million in the rest of the world they are already in profit before they even get to DVD sales, Pay per view, TV and cable.

There are only a few people out there that have a name draw and he is one of them. Sure many of his movies flat out suck, but people still pay to see them. As long as people are willing to pay to see him be in a crappy movie he will continue to make bank. Don't be pissed at him, be pissed at the legions of people that see his movies.

A good example of this at work is Steven Segal. For several years he was a huge star. He can't act, his movies all suck and are pretty much the same story rehashed, but they sold big and he made a lot of money. then people got sick of him and his movies. Soon he was making much less and now it is very difficult for him to even get a movie made.