Sarah Geronimo Talent Fee Exploitation

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The Sarah Geronimo talent fee and the resulting bonus is the latest hot showbiz buzz. The issue started when Yes! Magazine published its compiled list of the 50 Most Powerful in Philippine Showbiz. Sarah Geronimo only managed to rank at number 15, and here’s the exact words that the magazine said about Sarah Geronimo placing only at number 15, “a well-placed industry player puts the Viva Films contract star earnings from her latest blockbuster at a measly P200k.” The magazine also called Sarah Geronimo 2008′s Box Office Princess, to the dismay of her fans. Sarah Geronimo was officially declared Box Office Queen of 2008 last week by the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation which tabulates and gives the annual awards.

Vic del Rosario, CEO of the Viva Group of Companies refutes the reports that Sarah Geronimo only received P200,000 as talent fee for “A Very Special Love” which raked in P180++ million, and P300,000 for “You Changed My Life” which raked in at least P200 million so far. Both movies starred Sarah Geronimo and John Lloyd Cruz and are co-production ventures of Viva Films and Star Cinema.

“Viva bossman Vic del Rosario was quick to react to a TV report that Sarah Geronimo got only P200,000 each from her blockbuster movies A Very Special Love and P300,000 for You Changed My Life.

“Boss Vic, who is Sarah’s manager, explained that the P200,000 and P300,000 was the only approved amount by Star Cinema, which co-produced the two monster grossers with Viva Entertainment. ‘Viva took care of paying the rest of Sarah’s talent fee that Viva thought due her,’ Boss Vic said.

“For the record, Boss Vic said Sarah’s fee is the same as that of John Lloyd Cruz, her leading man in the two movies.

Sarah Geronimo reportedly received 1 million pesos, 500,000 from Star Cinema and 500,000 from Viva Films as bonus for the outstanding success of You Changed My Life.

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