You do realize that whatever the film's gross, the studio gets less than half of the profit. So, $550 for King Kong is only 275, subtract that with the 207 budget + whatever marketing cost and I've got Kong at not even making a great profit that was worth the months of filming.
I'm not going to spend time debating about it whether or not King Kong made a profit, but what I will tell you is their marketing budget was very low. And you also have to take into consideration Home DVD Sales, which added another $193m.
I guess it's not actually about profit but whether an non-American lead actress can generate an income for a film in the first place, regardless about how much a studio take then takes away. The list I made above shows that non-American actresses can star in films and those films can still generate more than the budget.
If I listed Tomb Raider, my bad but Jolie has more hits outside of franchises alone with Salt and Wanted.
Jolie's Wanted had a big marketing budget, but regardless of that it's still good the film made more than the budget. As for Salt, that only grossed $293m and had a huge budget of $110m. If we are just looking at profit here, I wouldn't say that's a great success. Again regardless of studios/budgets, the film still made more than the budget which is the main thing here. The films I listed also made a lot more than the budget. It would be a completely different story If none of the non-American actresses I listed starred in successful films, but that isn't the case.
Good reviews also bode well with an actress. The problem with films such as Salt, Miss Congeniality, Wanted, it doesn't give an actor chance to showcase their talent and most of the time the films end up with mediocre reviews. The better the reviews, the more awards, which means more recognition for an actor. For example, why do you think we rarely hear about JLaw and Emma Watson's other projects? Simple, they got mediocre reviews.
What Daisy needs to be concentrating on, when she's deciding new projects, is whether or not it's a good film to showcase her talent. Not just choosing a huge big budgeted film - that doesn't always equal success.
it just appears that the American girls have consistently been awarded the highest paid actresses
The point wasn't about if American actresses are paid more...
But If you're going down that road, according the Forbes, not everyone on their list is American...
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emjl45efgmh/9-mila-kunis/#5f23777616e1
Charlize Theron, Mila Kunis, Bingbing Fan - not American.
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