Cruise Not Going to Break the Bank on “M:I-4″

Paramount Pictures will not show Tom Cruise the money for the upcoming “Mission: Impossible 4.” Sources say the action star will take a pay scale for his work and will only be rewarded if the movie recoups its investment of about $70 million. The implications of this are twofold. First, it speaks to the diminishing star power of Cruise, and second, it suggests that studios are increasingly becoming wary of handing over bundles of money to stars upfront. Stars can make the big money, but only after the movies are hits, according to the report, which cited Jim Carrey’s take of $30 million for his work on the 2008 comedy “Yes Man” after accepting a scale up-front.
http://ping.fm/YRgvl Not Going to Break the Bank on “M:I-4″

Paramount Pictures will not show Tom Cruise the money for the upcoming “Mission: Impossible 4.” Sources say the action star will take a pay scale for his work and will only be rewarded if the movie recoups its investment of about $70 million. The implications of this are twofold. First, it speaks to the diminishing star power of Cruise, and second, it suggests that studios are increasingly becoming wary of handing over bundles of money to stars upfront. Stars can make the big money, but only after the movies are hits, according to the report, which cited Jim Carrey’s take of $30 million for his work on the 2008 comedy “Yes Man” after accepting a scale up-front.
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