I doubt this has anything to do with Tom's shennanigans. It just doesn't make sense. Why care about somebody jumping up and down on a couch, generating publicity, when you have a roster of stars that get coked up and end up in the hospital with "exhaustion" after a bender?
It probably has more to do with the fact that lawsuits from shareholders, against film companies, are gaining momentum. Shareholders want full disclosure of a star's salary. They already get this from the executives, so it makes sense to get it on all employees.
I'd rather have a company that makes 3 movies a year (ironically, probably for the same budget as 1 Tom movie) to generate 1 billion profit, instead of a single Tom movie generating 1 billion... because those 3 movies you can outsource Tom Cruise and replace him with much more affordable actors, giving them only 10% instead of a 30% stake in the profit of their film.
I'd be willing to bet you can even generate movie stars now... the formula works for music. "So You Think You Can Act" anybody? Now you hippies don't go stealing my million dollar idea!
