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THR: Will Smith demanded 20 million for DUMBO Disney refused. Emma Watson got $3 million for BATB, but has backend up to $15 million. notfabio Mar 17, 09:14

Refused to upgrade Dan Stevens rental car so he could drive his kids. Refused to pay first class for Lily James mom for Cinderella {nm} notfabio Mar 17, 09:15

does Uncle Scrooge run this place? {nm} tealfan Mar 17, 09:16

Disney has always been known to cut costs wherever it can to make up for where it can't like RDJ for Iron Man followups/Harrison Ford SW. {nm} notfabio Mar 17, 09:23

Marvel's famous penny pinching is more extreme, color copies required VP approval. {nm} notfabio Mar 17, 09:26

... what is 2 minutes of a VP time's worth? I'm guessing 9,999x the cost of color copies... {nm} Kevman66 Mar 17, 09:30

Though it's not the VP's time, it's the time and work needed to obtain the approval, and the trade-off of asking for this thing, and not RogerMore Mar 17, 09:35

I remember Disney handing out DVD production notes in a DVD case with a full color book included. {nm} Captain Hindsight Mar 17, 09:52

And their productions still cost ~$200M? {nm} warcraft86 Mar 17, 09:18

Penny pinching or just acknowledging that the Star System is no longer in place? {nm} numbersix_99 Mar 17, 11:13

WSMIT got his $20M for Bright way before Dumbo. It wasnt one or the other. {nm} Antibody Mar 17, 09:22

I hope he gave Warner Bros a refund for Collateral Damage. {nm} Captain Hindsight Mar 17, 09:24

And Collateral Beauty. {nm} ~JPV~ Mar 17, 09:39