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I agree it was probably salaries that really pushed it. Cost of acquired rights, les miserables is public domain, including the soundtrack.Les Mis was shot in like 3 months, WOWS was around 6-7.there are set pieces taken directly from Sherlock Holmes, Doctor who, etc. Les Mis took advantage of london's existing architecture and existing resources. Lots of period adaptation on WOWS, clothes, cars, locations. Those last two being insanely expensive locations to film in. WOWS was filmed in the Bahamas, New Jersey, Las Vegas, New York and LA. Les Mis was all filmed in London where it's generally cheaper to film.salaries for the insane amount of extras in WOWS vs smaller crews in Les Mis (even if you take cgi).Many mansions were rented vs Les Mis being generally shot in existing sets. It's not that surprising that Wolf of Wall street (WOWS) was more expensive than Les Mis. In no world did he get paid $40mil for that film in any way. If Leo made $25million off some sort of first dollar gross deal, then a 1/3rd of the total worldwide gross of the film was paid directly to him. And it is in no way a guarantee that they'll make millions. It's a totally normal thing for actors/actresses with leverage to get. If you're suggesting there was some sort of shaddy dealings involved in Leo getting back end, then you are again, sadly mistaken. Hollywood accounting is one of the most misunderstood and most thoroughly blabbed about things in the sub. I guess they paid every penny of it to Leo and Kate.
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In fact the budget of Revolutionary road was only in the mid $30s. Something tells me she was not earning $15mil on The Reader, Little Children, or any other movie. Something that makes very little sense for an actress that, while amazing, is not even close to bankable. I also find the claim that Kate has a quote of $15mil improbable, that would make her the highest paid actress on the planet not named Jennifer Lawernce. Your choice of words seem to imply exactly that with "Leo commands about 40 million for starring roles." If you think his quote is $40mil you are mistaken. Back end is completely normal for an actor like Leo.