Stalone making less than $20 mil a picture?! Ha! Considering that he has two films in the can that still have not been released, I think this indie is the best he can do.
What MGM won't tell you...it may be a low budget indie, but Stalone will get a great deal of points from the top dollar gross. "Top dollar" gross is every dollar the film makes and "points" are precentage points. Most gross points deals in Hollywood are regular gross...ie, after the exhibiter (movie theaters 50%) and the studio take their dollars...the rest is gross. Anotherwards, each dollar the film makes Stallone gets 10 cents (he is supposedly getting 10 top dollar points
).
BTW, very few Hollywood actors & directors get top dollar gross points. Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks...are but a few.
Oh well, at least his wife is beautiful (ex-model) and his kids are the cutest kids you will ever meet!