For example, on paper, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix lost $167 million dollars. How bad is that? Well:
"Order of the Phoenix is the unadjusted 15th highest-grossing film of all time, [...] The film opened to a worldwide 5-day opening of $333 million, fourth all-time, and grossed $939 million total [...]"
But you have a point. The people who aren't that successful can't afford to rock the boat. But the people who are successful have less incentive to want to, because it no longer affects them as badly. They can demand cash up front and worry less about the alleged financials of the work.
How successful? Courtney Love also complained about this ages ago:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100712/23482610186.shtml
And Wikipedia also has a whole list of lawsuits over it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting
For example, on paper, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix lost $167 million dollars. How bad is that? Well:
"Order of the Phoenix is the unadjusted 15th highest-grossing film of all time, [...] The film opened to a worldwide 5-day opening of $333 million, fourth all-time, and grossed $939 million total [...]"
But you have a point. The people who aren't that successful can't afford to rock the boat. But the people who are successful have less incentive to want to, because it no longer affects them as badly. They can demand cash up front and worry less about the alleged financials of the work.