'Mad Max: Fury Road' Director George Miller Suing Warner Bros. Over Alleged Lost Earnings
The director says he's due a bonus of $7 million.
Though 'Mad Max: Fury Road' seemed to be one of the biggest successes of 2016, the film is now causing problems for its distributor Warner Bros., with the company being taken through legal proceedings by the film's director, George Miller.
Tom Hardy starred alongside Charlize Theron in 'Mad Max: Fury Road'
Garnering critical acclaim and taking in $378 million worldwide in the box office, 'Fury Road' cost around $200 million when all of its expenditure is put together. A production total of $150 million was given to Miller's production company Kennedy Miller Mitchell, with a bonus offered if they managed to stay under that number. Unfortunately, the company went over their production budget to around $157 million, and so the bonus wasn't granted. Miller however blames Warner Bros. for the company going over budget, and is taking to the courts in order to get his hands on a $7 million bonus.
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