Tim Miller says he spent two years making “Deadpool” and earned $225,000.

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      12 days ago

      How??? He directed a movie for the biggest box office franchise in cinema history - a movie that went on to earn $782 million in the box office alone.

      He earned $225,000 in two years of directing. That’s nothing.

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          12 days ago

          Not when your primary work is irregular and you basically have to live and breath the work for the many months you are attached to it. Basically every waking hour you are on the clock, which makes the hourly rate pretty low.

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        It’s about ten times what I used to make in one year.

        Also, he had the chance to negotiate a contract. If he didn’t either stand for more up front, or take points on the back end, that’s on him.

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      10 days ago

      Deadpool made almost a billion dollars. I’m guessing most people haven’t spent 2 years being the person to make something that big and relevant and also got paid less than .03 percent of its revenue…

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          10 days ago

          No one said they’re the only person to make a movie, but they literally decide how the movie will turn out, both large-scale and in the details.

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      11 days ago

      It turns out that most Lemmyites are actually pretty wealthy, and hate having that fact pointed out, hence your downvotes. You’re totally right, though.