{"id":632105,"date":"2026-10-16T05:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/632105\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T05:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T05:38:09","slug":"james-mcavoy-reveals-which-film-paid-him-bonkers-residuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/632105\/","title":{"rendered":"James McAvoy Reveals Which Film Paid Him &#8216;Bonkers&#8217; Residuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/james-mcavoy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-mcavoy_1\" data-tag=\"james-mcavoy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James McAvoy<\/a> is getting candid about pay, including which project paid him \u201cbonkers\u201d residuals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDuring a recent interview on the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HsMr6NBdNkU?si=LjsuDCoGvTFcDlsu\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HsMr6NBdNkU?si=LjsuDCoGvTFcDlsu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Happy Sad Confused podcast<\/a>, the actor admitted that while his residual income typically isn\u2019t consistent, he can\u2019t say that about director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/m-night-shyamalan\/\" id=\"auto-tag_m-night-shyamalan_1\" data-tag=\"m-night-shyamalan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">M. Night Shyamalan<\/a>\u2018s 2016 film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/split\/\" id=\"auto-tag_split_1\" data-tag=\"split\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Split<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cThe only one that really consistently pays me is Split,\u201d he told host Josh Horowitz. \u201cWell, I think it was made for like $6 million or something like that. And let\u2019s say they spent $30 [million] advertising it, and in our first weekend, we made $40 [million].\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cSo, we were in profit. So our first residual check came at the end of the first weekend. It was bonkers,\u201d McAvoy added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSplit follows three girls who try to escape after being kidnapped by a man (McAvoy) with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities. He also reprised the role in 2016\u2019s Glass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Atonement actor went on to praise Shyamalan, saying he\u2019s \u201csuper smart in so many ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cThe thing that I took away from him was his preparedness because you know he made that film and Glass on incredibly modest budgets and was very focused,\u201d he said, adding that the filmmaker maximized his shooting time by \u201cbeing incredibly well-prepared\u201d and \u201ccommunicat[ing] with the crew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWhile McAvoy has enjoyed the residuals from Split, he also admitted that he doesn\u2019t \u201cget too much money from [2008\u2019s] Wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cYou\u2019ve always got a good back end and there\u2019s some in your contract, you get back end here and back end there. I very rarely see anything from anything,\u201d he added. \u201cYou get the odd check for like a couple hundred quid here or sometimes you get checks for like 25 cents, and you\u2019re like it literally costs more to post this than it did for me to check it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James McAvoy is getting candid about pay, including which project paid him \u201cbonkers\u201d residuals. 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