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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just saw the video with Mandy Moore who said she's received streaming residual checks for This Is Us for as little as $0.01.

Unreal! [/quote]

Mandy Moore made 4.5 million per season for This is Us. More money than most human beings on this Earth will see in a lifetime of working. How much more do you think she deserves "up front" to make up for low residuals? It is hard to feel sorry for her. If she doesn't like the residual check, maybe she should find another career.[/quote]

I still don’t understand why actors deserve residuals. I believe Jack Nicholson didn’t get paid for Batman. Instead he asked for residuals and made more that way than a lump sum. RDJ made more from Iron Man. residuals a year after the release than any working actor in HW. The rich actors can take that risk since they already have money. I’m sure if the studio knew what the residuals were going to be they wouldn’t have agreed.

Pay everyone up front and leave residuals out of it. I don’t get paid from any of my previous jobs for the contributions I made to the company’s success. [/quote]
In those cases they did backend deals, not a residual deal. The actor gambled by taking a cut to their usual rate, with the expectation that they'd make more by taking a percentage of the profit. Residuals are different. Every time a film or show is viewed, it generates revenue, and that revenue is split between all the artists involved in creating it.

I don't make anything off of what I contributed to previous companies, because I sold my intellectual property to them when I signed an agreement for the duration I worked for them. In Hollywood, it's more like a licensing agreement, so everyone continues to get their cut in perpetuity. [/quote]

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