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McG's $2 Billion Machine

By: Fast Company StaffMay 1, 2009
After getting his start making music videos, McG has built an increasingly diversified -- and bountiful -- revenue engine.

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Music


VIDEOS
More than 50 videos helped sell 100 million records ($1 billion) for acts such as:

the offspring Sugar Ray, Barenaked Ladies, Cypress Hill, Everclear, Korn, Offspring, Smash Mouth, Sublime, Wyclef Jean

SOUNDTRACKS

The O.C. ($10 million in records sold)*
Pussycat Dolls ($60 million)
Charlie's Angels ($30 million)

 

SONGWRITING

Sugar Ray ($10 million)

 

Television


SHOWS

The O.C. ($184 million; now in syndication)
Chuck ($70 million)‡
Fastlane ($44 million)
Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll and Girlicious ($36 million)
Supernatural ($208 million; now in syndication)

charlie's angelsCURRENT PILOTS

Human Target
Limelight
Thunder Road

 

Movies


Charlie's Angels I & II (worldwide gross: $523 million)
We Are Marshall ($50 million)
Terminator Salvation
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo (2010)
Spring Awakening (date TBA)

 

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"Sorority Forever"
"Exposed"
"Terminator ARG"

*Estimated at $10 per copy. ‡Show values estimated at $2 million in revenue per episode and do not include syndication fees.

Related: Hollywood's Rogue Mogul: How Terminator Director McG Is Blowing Up the Movie Business
Related: Terminator Salvation: McG Video Interview Part 1
Related: Terminator Salvation: McG Video Interview Part 2

Topics:

Work/Life, Magazine, terminator salvation, t4, mcg, movies, Film, Charlie's Angels, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Spring Awakening, Entertainment, Movies, Action Adventure Films, Hollywood, McG (Director)

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April 19, 2009 at 5:27pm by Marco Gonzalez

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July 22, 2009 at 3:48pm by Jason Seoul

McG has show how diversification could be crucial in this challenging times. Most media companies are suffering drop in sales from Movies and Records due to Peer to Peer and Torrent sites. Perhaps the pricing for CDs and DVDs should come down to a more reasonable pricing?

In any case the industry is evolving and it's good to see that McG is catching on with that trend. Great to see them making good revenue and growth in this difficult times. Hopefully they will expand and hire more Americans.

Jason Seoul

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October 28, 2009 at 2:54am by Liontin Myer

A short biography about McG. Joseph McGinty Nichol (born August 9, 1970), better known as McG, is an American director and producer of film and television, as well as a former record producer. He began his career in the music industry, directing music videos and producing various albums. He later rose to prominence with his first film, Charlie's Angels, which had the highest-grossing opening weekend for a directorial debut at the time. Since then, he has directed three other films, including Terminator Salvation, and has executive produced numerous shows, such as The O.C. and Supernatural. McG also owns a production company, Wonderland Sound and Vision, founded in 2001, which has overseen the production of the films and television shows he's worked on since Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Joseph McGinty Nichol was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan and grew up in Newport Beach, California.

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