Comments on: Star Trek Lands JJ Abrams On Vanity Fair List of Hollywood’s Top Moneymakers

By: Jimtibkirk

Jimtibkirk — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:10:10 +0000

Whether you agree with it or not, these salaries are all relative in terms of the impact their work has on the general population. If you branch out from these moviemakers to EVERYTHING that spins off their films, it’s staggering. What’s the Trek brand worth, 2 billion and counting?

Same can be said for the salaries of professional athletes. They seem ludicrous but are only a very small sliver of the total pie.

Ask yourself: how many people are impacted, directly or indirectly, by the work you do? What’s that worth in wages? Yes, teachers and medical professionals and firefighters and police and military etc. are the ones that really matter. But the sports and entertainment industries have become huge businesses in our North American culture. As long as we place high value on that, those involved will be compensated accordingly.

By: DS9 IN PRIME TIME

DS9 IN PRIME TIME — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:26:59 +0000

Keep making good ST movies JJ im glad to pay to see them!!!

By: Roddenberry Estate Earnings

Roddenberry Estate Earnings — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:03:38 +0000

I am curious as to what the Roddenberry estate made, if any off of Star Trek. I know Gene Roddenberry’s first wife (not Majel) supposedly earns a % of anything with the name Star Trek, which is why the producers originally named the last tv series just ‘Enterprise.’ Even though Gene R sold the rights to Star Trek, I am sure he worked out something to ensure he earned something in perpetuity for his involvement post TOS series. Since his son is the sole survivor, he must be the beneficiary of any estate earnings.

By: jas_montreal

jas_montreal — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:19:46 +0000

Congratulations capitalism and americans !

By: JIM

JIM — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:08:09 +0000

And everything is earned with a vision about a future without money!!!
For us, Star Trek is our philosophy, but for some people…

By: captain_neill

captain_neill — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:45:22 +0000

good to know that Gene and Rick Berman where high earners as well.

By: captain_neill

captain_neill — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:43:33 +0000

I was being funny by the way, a joke about running out of budget to do a proper engine room.

I know its from the revenue but I was making a comment about how the talent can be overpaid which eats heavily into the budget.

By: DIGINON

DIGINON — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:27:25 +0000

@11. philpot: I’m sure James Cameron will get more than 50mil of those 2 billion (or whatever ridiculous amount it is now) Avatar has hurled in. Wait for the 2010 list.

@9. captain_neill: As I understand it those 36 million weren’t part of the budget. 31 million of those were paid after the fact because Star Trek made so much money at the BO.
I guess 5 million to bring back a dying franchise isn’t too much in Hollywood terms. Of course, most of us will never even come close to that kind of money.

By: captain_neill

captain_neill — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:44:53 +0000

sometimes I wonder if they get too much money if quality goes out the window, does there come a point when they say it doesn’t matter who well crafted it is as long as it makes me a s**t load of dough?

seriously its cool to know but this just shows to me how overpaid the talent is these days

By: philpot

philpot — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:37:12 +0000

cameron *only* made $50m?! that seems like chump change when u consider Avatars success

i assume the bulk of his Avatar $ will be attributed to 2010 …

damn i almost felt bad for a guy making 50m ..jeeze