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American Graffiti

3 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 4, 2024 by David Senra · said 12 times in 2 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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Apr 4, 2024 positive
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Lucas traded his Star Wars salary increase for merchandising rights
“As a young filmmaker in the wake of American Graffiti's success, he was advised to demand a higher salary on his next movie, which would be Star Wars. That would be the expected move in Hollywood. Bump your quote. Bump your quote. Not for George, though. He sk…”
David Senra Apr 4, 2024 ▶ 16:50 Ed Catmull (Founder of Pixar)
May 2, 2024
Assertion Partly supported
Lucas earned nearly $4M after taxes from American Graffiti at age 28
“Lucas earned nearly four million dollars after taxes. And as he had vowed to his father more than a decade before, Lucas was a millionaire before the age of 30. He had done it with two years to spare.”
David Senra May 2, 2024 ▶ 1:11:26 The Biography of George Lucas
May 2, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
American Graffiti earned $55M on a $1M budget in 1973 dollars
“American graffiti cost a million dollars and it earned at the box office, fifty five million, making it one of cinema's most profitable returns on investment ever.”
David Senra May 2, 2024 ▶ 1:11:15 The Biography of George Lucas
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