The working relationship between Paramount and Tom Cruise has been a lucrative one for the two. However, Paramount isn’t a huge studio, at least not the size of some of its competitors, and Tom Cruise is one of its last remaining loyal worldwide names.
That loyalty evidently has to work both ways and comes at a cost when a massive star has enormous demands he can hold over their heads.
A recent example is “Mission: Impossible 7” production costs ballooning to $290 million more than $100 million more than “Fallout,” thanks to COVID protocols and the studio kowtowing to his demands.
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