Keanu Reeves gave up $35,000 of his Matrix Salary

**PrncsNYC** · 01-28-2003, 05:51 PM

actually, I messed it up twice, the actual number he gave up was 38 million

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**flute** · 01-28-2003, 05:53 PM

well I have no idea lmao

and it's all insignificant anyway.

**PrncsNYC** · 01-28-2003, 05:54 PM

38 million dollars is ingignificant?

**flute** · 01-28-2003, 05:55 PM

when it goes to movies, yea I feel it is, Prncs.

**PrncsNYC** · 01-28-2003, 05:58 PM

Wow. I guess you have to be an actor to appreciate that another actor felt his work and the work of coountless others was important enough to give up his salary.

**chort1313** · 01-28-2003, 06:03 PM

38 MIL??Holy MOLY! I think it's very significant and I don't see any others doing it.

**PrncsNYC** · 01-28-2003, 06:06 PM

Thank you Chort

Again, I'm not a Matrix fan as I ahvn't seen teh first one and I don't care for Keanu anyway but there are a lot of people who love that movie and have been waiting a long time to see the sequal. The movie was never going to make it to the screen!

BF does graphics and if he worked that hard and long on these movies only to be told his work would never make it to the screen bc the studio execs didn't want to lose money? He'd be heartbroken

**chort1313** · 01-28-2003, 06:09 PM

Keanu=HOT!!!! Oh, I know many people who loved the movie and they're going to be grateful that he put his money in to make the sequels right. .. I see your point about bf, also. I would to be heartbroke. I saw the Matrix in the theatre and I was just expecting something different, that's all.

**Legion600** · 01-28-2003, 07:03 PM

Originally posted by PrncsNYC

Keanu's Kind Gesture

Generous actor Keanu Reeves has sacrificed a massive $38 million to prevent the two new Matrix films being scrapped. The Speed hunk gave up his claim to a cut of the films' ticket sales when producers began fearing the box office would not cover the costs of making the special effects-laden flicks. The gesture is one of the most generous ever in Hollywood and has stunned studio bosses. A Warner Bros. insider says, "The special effects in the new movie are beyond belief - but hugely expensive. There was a real danger the projects would be scrapped until Keanu offered to sign away his cut. He has kissed goodbye to a huge sum of money." Keanu was paid $10 million for the first Matrix movie in 1999 and picked up a further $35 million as his cut of worldwide box office sales.

Ummmm...I think he got took. The original movie cost $63 million
and here is a link to how much it made by week
http://us.imdb.com/Business?0133093

over $400 million all total. I think the studio came out way ahead by getting him to do this. The budget for the 2nd movie was $127 million and the budget for the 3rd is $110 million. There was no way that the studio's were going to do these and then not release them. Especially since many movies make more money from home sales than they do from the box office.
That isn't counting all of the merchandise that they will make for this thing either. he got suckered.

**PrncsNYC** · 01-28-2003, 07:05 PM

legion, is it your mission to send me links from imdb?

**Legion600** · 01-28-2003, 07:12 PM

Originally posted by PrncsNYC
legion, is it your mission to send me links from imdb?

No, my mission in life is to spread chaos and panic whereever I go. I just like to give you the imdb links.

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