George Lucas Steven Spielberg the bet a total of $ 40 million

Bets "on the contrary"

«Star Wars" made its creator George Lucas very rich man in just a year. But in 1977, he made a bet with another director, Steven Spielberg - this bet Lucas has managed to more than $ 40 million, and "interest" if you can call it, he pays up to now.

In 1977, just before the release of the film "Star Wars: A New Hope," Lucas was a guest on the set of Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Directors argued, whose film will earn more, so only put Spielberg on the film Lucas, and Lucas, on the contrary - the film Spielberg.





Thus, the rate was as follows: the one whose film is successful, will give the winner of 2, 5% of its profits from the film. And although the "Close Encounters" have collected a whopping $ 303 million, "Star Wars" for one only in 1977 raised $ 775 million.

Since then, Spielberg continues to receive its share of reissues, remakes, sales of CDs with movies and more that has to do with "Star Wars." According «Yahoo», the famous director pocketed been $ 40 million. But do not worry for Lucas - he sold «Lucasfilm» and the right to "Star Wars" of the company «Disney» for $ 4 billion, so that he would not go hungry.

via factroom.ru