Spielberg also gets a consistent cut of the ticket sales at Universal Studios amusement parks in addition to the money he earns at DreamWorks studio and his directing fees.
The Welsh National Opera has already said it will cut its ticket prices as a result of the increased seating capacity at the WMC, compared to their present base at Cardiff's New Theatre.
Something akin to the defense contracting boom triggered by the start of the Cold War may be in the offing, especially when a cash-strapped government needs to cut back on big-ticket hardware.
Or his potshot last year at U.S. film distributors, which initially refused to give his EasyCinema theater, in England, first runs because his ticket prices were too low to offer them a decent cut.