The sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood will be expensive, with $80 million spent on salaries for three people

The budget of The Adventures of Cliff Booth has already reached $80 million, and this is just the cost of fees for three people. The lead actor Brad Pitt will receive $40 million for his work.

The Adventures of Cliff Booth will be the sequel to the movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which was directed by Quentin Tarantino in 2019. The new comedy drama tells about what happened in 1977, eight years after the events of the original tape. Cliff Booth, who has been dragged into the backstage world of the film industry, will have to deal with dangerous assignments and criminal structures.

It is difficult to talk about the final budget of the film, but it will definitely be impressive if we take into account the fees of only three participants in the project. Brad Pitt will receive $40 million for the lead role, director David Fincher will earn $20 million and another $20 will go to Quentin Tarantino for the script, while retaining the rights to the source material.

These costs alone totaled $80 million, but there are other items of expenditure that are also not being saved. For example, Leonardo DiCaprio was offered $3 million for a cameo role, but he declined. If the information from media sources is correct, then the total budget of the film may exceed $200 million.

By the way, David Fincher's fee allows him to enter the short list of directors who managed to earn such a sum for one project. Previously, Peter Jackson, Christopher Nolan, James Cameron and Ridley Scott also received $20 million.

It is worth noting that the original film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood cost the authors significantly less than the sequel — they spent $ 90 million on filming. At the same time, the box office worldwide totaled $377 million.

Do you think the authors of the sequel will be able to recoup the costs with such a budget?