(2) Zack O'Malley Greenburg, Big Bucks for Big Brothers. The most powerful person of the Chinese film industry? Martial arts legend Jackie Chan combined a government perch with a capitalist's attitude to make himself extremely rich.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/zack ... highest-paid-actor/
Quote:
“Once ubiquitous in Hollywood, Chan hasn’t had an American live action hit in five years. Yet he’s earned an estimated $50 million over the past 12 months, more than any actor in the world besides Robert Downey Jr [No 2 in Celebrity 100; earned $81m] and enough to land him the No 38 spot in the FORBES Celebrity 100 [which ranks athletes, entertainers (actors, singers) etc by 2014 income], right behind Tiger Woods [No 37; $50.5m]. What gives? He’s one of a select few with a true grasp of the fundamentals of the film business on both sides of the Pacific
“Between all the acting and all the owning [of brands he has created or endorsed], FORBES estimates Chan has amassed a net worth of some $350 million.
“He [Chan] was born in UK-controlled Hong Kong in 1954. His parents worked in the kitchen of the French embassy there before decamping for Australia. He later learned his father had been a spy for Taiwan.
“THERE ARE ABOUT 20,000 movie screens in China, roughly half the number as in the U.S., despite having more than four times as many people.
Note:
(a) "Chan’s intended message is that he’s a conservationist–he’s lately been recording scads of public service announcements aimed at discouraging Chinese consumers from buying products made from poached tigers and rhinos."
scad (n): "a large number or quantity —usually used in plural <scads of money>"
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scad
(b) “Take the film Dragon Blade 天将雄狮. Never heard of it? Makes sense: It hasn’t been released in the US yet * * * But it was a huge deal in China–grossing $120 million–and Chan, the film’s lead, cut himself a back-end deal that likely made him more than $10 million.”
back-end (adj): "(finance) (of money, costs, etc) required or incurred after a project has been completed"
www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/back-end
That is, an actor is not paid in advance for a fixed sum, but gets a (predetermined) cut of profits (from box office).
(c) "Chan churned out Hong Kong hits, performing his own stunts and breaking dozens of bones (he nearly died after falling out of a tree in Yugoslavia while filming the 1986 action flick Armour of God, which he wrote, directed and starred in)."
(i) Armour of God (film) 龍兄虎弟
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armour_of_God_(film)
(1986)
(ii) Armor of God
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armor_of_God
(Ephesians 6:11)
(d) “Five years ago he and a partner built the Jackie Chan Yaolai International Cinema 耀莱成龙国际影城, a 17-screen multiplex in Beijing that now sells 50,000 tickets on big weekend days. That success led to a 50/50 joint venture to create 37 more theaters bearing Chan’s name, each with a stand selling the actor’s merchandise.”
(e) "Chan is also expanding his JC [standing for Jackie Chan] Stunt Team into a film-services company that matches American studios with bilingual crew members in China, from stunt coordinators to assistant directors. 'I slowly want to build a William Morris,' he says."
William Morris (disambiguation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morris_(disambiguation)
(may refer to: William Morris, founder of the William Morris Agency [1898- ; based in Beverly Hills, Calif], an American talent and literary agency)
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