Tony Gilroy, who directed Michael Clayton and The Bourne Legacy, was brought onto Rogue One during the film’s reshoots over the summer. The reshoots were order by Disney executives who were not happy with the movie after seeing it earlier this year. Gilroy was initially brought on to help the film’s director, Gareth Edwards, with different aspects of the film such as helping to clean up dialogue and overseeing the reshoots. In exchange for his work, he received a cool $200,000 per week, an amount that is standard for a writer of his caliber working on big-budget film. But after a while, Gilroy’s workload increased, which included his larger role in helping to edit the film’s ending. The cost of doing business for Disney and Lucasfilm ended up being significantly more, earning Gilroy over $5 million in the process. While that does seem like a lot of money, take into account the fact that Disney paid $4 billion to buy George Lucas’ Lucasfilm back in 2012, and the first film they made after the purchase, The Force Awakens, made north of $2 billion. Rogue One likely won’t surpass those numbers, but the people bankrolling the film will probably get their investment back at the box office, when the film debuts in theaters on December 16. Neither Gilroy or his representatives had a comment when asked about his pay.
