Anatomy of a Spielberg Hit Jurassic Park grosses $951 million...and Spielberg walks away with $294 million. Here's how: -- 50% of gross goes to the studio, in this case Universal. -- Spielberg's 17.5% of the studio's take gives him a cut of $83 million. -- He then gets 50% of studio profits. After Universal pays Spielberg his $83 million, plus production, advertising, and distribution costs of $120 million, the movie makes $242 million, of which Amblin, wholly owned by Spielberg, gets $121 million. -- 50% of profits from video sales. Spielberg takes home another $60 million. -- 50% of TV/cable fees. Spielberg hauls in $20 million. -- 50% of royalties on Jurassic Park toys and other merchandise. Spielberg gets $10 million. Total: $294 Million RELATED ITEMS THE STORYTELLER: How Hollywood's most successful director runs his creative empire TABLE: A Spielberg timeline TABLE: Inside the empire TABLE: Anatomy of a hit DREAMWORKS' SUMMER? With four movies set to open soon, this could be the studio's big breakout ONLINE ORIGINAL: MEANWHILE, AT DISNEY Return to main story

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