Just like any talent, new and unknown talent would basically work for a salary.
But, well known science talent with a track record should hire agents to negotiate a percentage of future earnings on any gross or at least work on much favorable contracts.
The movie business is also a highly creative business with lots of R&D and high risk start-ups for projects.
Agents works for the movie biz and right now scientist-engineers are worst off than musicans working for a record label when it comes to royalties.
To compare, how much the did the actors on Titanic made compared to the profit made by their employers on their work
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Just like any talent, new and unknown talent would basically work for a salary. But, well known science talent with a track record should hire agents to negotiate a percentage of future earnings on any gross or at least work on much favorable contracts. The movie business is also a highly creative business with lots of R&D and high risk start-ups for projects. Agents works for the movie biz and right now scientist-engineers are worst off than musicans working for a record label when it comes to royalties. To compare, how much the did the actors on Titanic made compared to the profit made by their employers on their work