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.
Cynics might regard the studio glass that is now being produced in Seattle as the decaf latte of glassblowing a clean-cut, healthy and lucrative adaptation of Italian traditions for American taste.
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.