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| shank Member 119 Posts 2/09 |  Posted - Aug 6 2011 : 9:23AMRecently Vivid released Jasmine Waltz sextape (ex of David Arquette). The pictures (screen grabs) show the action taking place in a dark setting in a room and barely watchable. Before this, Vivid released the Erica Lynn, Kendra Wilkinson, Karissa Shannon, Shauna Sands, Danielle Staub, Kim Kardashian (maybe more) sextapes with varying degrees of watchability and quality. How much does a company make from a sextape after paying about a couple of hundred thousand dollars to the celebrity? [Link] |
| Philip Member 58 Posts 4/11 | Posted - Aug 6 2011 : 11:59AM [Link] |
jayo  All-Star Member 2117 Posts 7/04 | Posted - Aug 6 2011 : 1:18PM [Link] |
| ninja1 Senior Member 2939 Posts 1/08 | Posted - Aug 6 2011 : 3:15PM The popularity of celebrity/gossip outlets such as TMZ, Extra, ET, Access Hollywood, etc,, and the fact that a lot of that gossip rumor bleeds over into the "real" news, is proof that plenty of people are into that stuff and follow it rabidly. The avid celebrity-watcher will buy a "celebrity sex tape", in the name of keeping up with the latest buzz. But they will not buy porn, and they don't regard a celebrity sex tape as porn. Yes, it's usually bad porn, when judged against porn. But, when judged as a novelty video ("OMFG that's Laurence Fishburne's daughter fucking naked!!!") the bar is low or nonexistent. [Link] |
| Sraddha Member 91 Posts 11/10 | Posted - Aug 6 2011 : 5:51PM I'd guess Vivid's profits mostly come from the fact they don't have any production costs; they just roll that into talent salary. And if they're only paying $60k up front, a tape only needs $80k in profit for them to cover expenses (assuming profit sharing starts before that initial payment's covered; i.e., it's not just an advance). If $80k's a low number, then now you know why Vivid keeps releasing them. After seeing Kim K. get famous off her terrible, terrible tape, I'd guess that the money's probably an afterthought for many girls in Hollywood. I don't feel that it's a particularly profitable niche, otherwise we'd see more studios releasing more Z-listers. [Link] |
| Mustela_Nivalis Member Keeping an eye on the intersection of Pop Culture Blvd. & Porn Culture Ave. 151 Posts 7/11 | Posted - Aug 6 2011 : 6:10PM Harvey Levin would then have TMZ release a story saying that Vivid, the world's largest porn producer (even though it is not) has offered "celeb-X" (someone who is lucky to be even on the D-list) a $1 million for their sextape (actual amount probably $50k to $100k) but "celeb-X" is going to fight the release in court. Gossip blogs pick up the story, the pot is stirred and the scene gets released. Everyone hopefully makes money but a lot less then they actually claim they are making. After taxes, lawyers fees, agents commission (probably Kevin Blatt) "celeb-X" nets $30k to $50k. A sum that a regular pornstar might have to do 20+ scenes to make. The real hope though, as mentioned in a previous post, is that "celeb-X" gets a role on The Real Tattooed Pawnstore Shoppers & Closet Designers of Northridge. Edited by - Mustela_Nivalis on 8/6/2011 6:13:11 PM [Link] |
| jayo All-Star Member 2117 Posts 7/04 | Posted - Aug 6 2011 : 6:36PM [Link] |
| BustdownGal Member 539 Posts 7/06 | Posted - Aug 8 2011 : 10:30PM [Link] |
| Jackstah Member 531 Posts 3/07 | Posted - Aug 9 2011 : 3:40AM http://twitter.com/#!/HireMelinaVIVID [Link] |
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