Most aspiring directors want to be like him since he has that vision for each film he directs. Most of you have seen at least one of Steven Spielberg’s great movies he directed, he directed “Close Encounters” and the new “Transformers” movie as well, is this guy ringing a bell yet, if not where have you been?
Anyways moving along, back when George Lucas, the creator of “Star Wars”, said to Steven “Star Wars” is going to fail; it is just a kid’s movie and is not what he planned it to be from the beginning. So Lucas says he would give a few percentage points of his earning off “Star Wars” for a few percentage points off Steven’s movie “Close Encounters”, and Steven agreed think even if he did loose it wouldn’t be too much.
After they released they were both instant successes. But one stood out, and that movie was “Star Wars”, Steven’s movie did well as well but “Star Wars” did a much better, even though Lucas thought it would bomb, and still Steven still sees money coming in from the “Star Wars” movie. I bet when those to get together they probably still joke about it and ask each other if they want to trade a few more points on some of their new films.
I wonder how just how much Steven has received from just those few percentage points.
Source: StarPulse
Brendon Schweers says: