To determine payback figures, we first calculated the movie's gross income by subtracting the movie's budget (excluding the actor's compensation) from half of each film's worldwide box office (to roughly approximate the studio's cut of each ticket).
To cut his parts, Mr. Rodgers turned up at New York's Electric Ladyland Studio with his 1959 Fender Stratocaster, plugged in without pedals or effects, and just played.
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.