This item focusses on points negotiated re gross revenues, whereas the
ones discussed here a few years ago by David Lee were called "profit
participation points", and I'm assuming inclusion of the word 'profit'
means net rather than gross....:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/business/media/12strike.html
As this article specifies, the A-List stars and directors who qualify
for gross points can claim moeny even when a project loses ---- like a
mortgage which is never amortized.
CPJ
