Anyone know any details on Marvel's deals with Fox and Sony?

[WilliamK99]

Anyone know any financial details concerning the films that Sony/Fox release? A buddy of mine at work swears Marvel sold the film rights 100% and doesn't make a dime from the films success, but I don't think that is the case. Does Marvel get a % of the gross or did they sell the film rights straight out to those studios? Thanks.

 

[Racetrack]

I'm pretty sure Marvel gets a % of the gross, otherwise whoever made those deals needs to be sacked.

What i'm more interested in finding out though, is the length of the contracts. At the moment it's:

Fox: X-Men, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Elektra
Sony: Spider-Man, Ghost Rider

Marvel got back the rights to Hulk and Punisher. The two i'm unsure about are Blade (New Line) and Man-Thing (Lions Gate).

What i really want to know is if the contracts are ongoing for as long as those studio's keep making movies based on the characters or if they have a time limit.

I remember reading in Wizard magazine back in the late 90's when all these movie rights were being sold by Marvel that Marvel had signed 20 year contracts with the studio's. If that's the case then rights will start to revert back to Marvel by the end of the decade (X-Men was in 2000, the contract was probably signed a couple of years before that).

I just wish this info was available, been wanting to know this ever since Iron Man was released. Maybe SHH can ask Kevin Feige for the details next time they speak to him.

 

[venom892]

The contract for X-men was around 1994. So I doubt the 20 years thing is true. Spider-man was involved in a lengthy and tangled lawsuit during the 90's. As far as I've heard the fox deals are in perpetuity, which means as long as they use the X-men in films Fox can keep making them. A certain amount of time has to pass for the rights to come back. Blade is already back with Marvel. I'm sure Sony will let go of Ghost Rider rather soon. When marvel sold the rights they were desperate and in bankruptcy. So I wouldn't be surprised if they got a raw deal.