Huge PTA fan.
Strange question.
Does anyone know what his salary is, or if he has a deal on the percentage and royalties of his pictures? I'm sure he has a pretty good deal, or if not he should.
Boogie Nights was his biggest hit and even though he hasn't had a sonic boom like Tarantino he's the type of filmmaker that will always generate money through his oeuvre.
He also strikes me as an auteur that can have healthy box office success while making edgier films with an artistic sophistication than the regarded mainstream ones. This characteristic is very Kubrickian. He's always said he wants to reach as many people as possible. Kubrick also made similar statements. On the other hand someone like Harmony Korine is somewhat repelled by commercial success.
A little off the subject but still related Mel Gibson's The Passion is gonna make a shit load. Don't you think?
Oddly enough, I too would like to know PTA's fee for writing/directing...
Welcome to the board, btw.
Isn't there a thread on how PTA has no money and is a bum?
Ok let's guess then I think his fee is around 4 million right now :shock:
during the q&a i met him at, he was asked if hollywood was really all that bad, and he said "well, it pays my bills", so he aint doin too bad i dont think
He drives that Mercedes SUV, but that could have easily been stolen.
btw, on XIXAX, EVERYTHING is Kubrickian
Well I dont know the exact fee... but the fact that he gets really involved in his projects makes him a participant in the producers net... so he does make money if the movie makes money... and his base salary is probably around 2 million now... it was almost nothing when he did Boogie Nights but then he made some money of the movie gross
he owns a house next door to brad pitt and jennifer aniston. or, at least, he did 2 years ago-- but that was when he was still living with fiona apple, so you never know... maybe she was his sugar daddy.
Quote from: Jake_82he owns a house next door to brad pitt and jennifer aniston. or, at least, he did 2 years ago-- but that was when he was still living with fiona apple, so you never know... maybe she was his sugar daddy.
Riiight.
there are zillion brad pitt/jennifer aniston-wannabies around world, few even in my neighbourhood. Oh, and i se david-beckham-like guy almost every day. Don't know his name, i call him David Beckham.
QuoteBoogie Nights in New Pad
After the critical and commercial success of his movie "Boogie Nights" screenwriter and director Paul Thomas Anderson and Grammy-winning girlfriend Fiona Apple have purchased the Los Feliz home of actor Jason Priestley for about $1.9 million. The Spanish-style, four- bedroom, 3,800 square foot home was built in 1930 and has been recently renovated and includes a screening room, gymnasium, steam room, wine cellar and swimming pool.
Anderson is directing Apple in a video of her remake of the "Across the Universe" by Paul McCartney and John Lennon.
Published: October 14, 1998
http://realtytimes.com/rtnews/rtcpages/19981014_celebrity.htm
$1.9 million... not too shabby