James McAvoy has starred in films including “Speak No Evil,” “Atonement” and “X-Men: First Class,” but he recently revealed the “only” film he still consistently receives residuals from is M. Night Shyamalan’s 2016 horror “Split.” “You get the odd check for, you know, a couple 100 quid here or sometimes you get checks for, like, 25 cents and you’re like, ‘It literally costs more to post this than it did for me to cash it,’” McAvoy said during a recent episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast. And let’s say they spent 30 advertising it.
In our first weekend, we made 40, so we were in profit,” McAvoy continued. It was bonkers.” In “Split,” three girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities (McAvoy). Anya Taylor-Joy, Haley Lu Richardson and Jessica Sula starred alongside McAvoy.
The film, which cost just $6 million to make, went on to gross $138.29 million domestically and $140.16 million internationally for a $278.45 million worldwide total. McAvoy also spoke about Shyamalan and his experience working with the director.
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