Kevin Smith says Harvey Weinstein still owes him royalties from Clerks
"He was notorious for that. I did encounter that. And I’m still out money," Smith says. "But you got to understand, I never cared about the money. My whole career, my reps were like: 'You’re supposed to be making far more.' Money's never been a motivator for me.", his first movie, to Weinstein out of the Sundance Film Festival in 1994 for $227,000, and according to their initial agreement, Smith would receive more money if the movie became profitable.
He continues, "There was a yacht, the Miramax yacht, it was called. That’s where all the stars were. But that yacht wasn’t for us. When the festival was over, we got the financial statement. They had taken the entire Cannes bill, everything they spent in Cannes, and just chopped it up into four andSo we all paid an equal share. I remember John Sloss, my lawyer, being like, 'This is nuts. We have to audit them.' And I said, 'No, I can’t audit people I’m in business with.
As for why Smith kept working for Weinstein after that ordeal, he explains that he learned to get "paid upfront from each movie." "Believe me, I ain’t crying poor. And I got ridiculous escalating salaries," he says. "By the time I did, I think I made between $5 or $6 million. So come on, that’s ridiculous. But that was my salary. Upfront money was so good. I was never like, 'Hey man, where’s those nickels and dimes on the back end?' And perhaps that’s why they kept making movies with me, even though my movies weren’t box-office profitable. Home video, they were goldmines.
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