Brian Coltrane Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 Get ready to call him the "25 Million Dollar Sheriff." James Best is suing Time-Warner/Warner Bros over unpaid royalties. Best claims he was owed 5% of all Dukes of Hazzard merchandising revenue for stuff that contained Sheriff Rosco likeness. By his estimates/his attorney's estimates, that could have been 5 to 25 million during the Dukes heyday alone.Best has actually collected something around $175,000 for this stuff in the last 30 years. I'm working on an HNet homepage update and will supply more details there, but that's the meat n' potatoes of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossC Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 I can see the defense argument already ..."No Mr. Best, we promised you 5% of 5% of 5% of all Dukes of Hazzard merchandising revenue containing Sheriff Rosco's likeness." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 I can see the defense argument already ..."No Mr. Best, we promised you 5% of 5% of 5% of all Dukes of Hazzard merchandising revenue containing Sheriff Rosco's likeness." LOL funny Hoss!Wow, I don't know much about these things (but that's never stopped me from airing an uneducated opinion). $175,000 over the 30 year span doesn't sound like very much. Usually in these cases the truth lies somewhere in the middle so I'll predict Rosco will get a decent paycheck from it but it won't be 25 million. I suppose that's a pretty easy prediction to make. He's certainly going to get enough to buy a Rolls Royce and put a siren on top. Go Rosco! Thanks for posting this Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadowmufn Posted July 30, 2011 Report Share Posted July 30, 2011 By my calculations, WB would have had to have sold $100,000,000 in merchandise with Jimmie's likeness on it to owe him $5 million (and half a billion to get to $25 million). That seems a little high to me (considering the 2005 movie didn't even gross that much.) WB contends it's sold about $3.5 million in merchandise. That might be a little low. As Brian said, I think the truth lies somewhere in between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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