That movie launched his "career". And that make getting little $$ upfront wroth it. The funny thing is, he (John Heder) takes the credit for the caracter. Jared Hess the writer/director made up the whole caracter. Jared tell his actors, all of them, how to do the lines and act the parts, he could do every part himself (and does on set). He's pretty funny. I've worked with Jared since he started as a camera assistant. He's finishing up his 3rd movie right now call "Gentelman Broncos". It's going to be wacked. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1161418/ Also, most of the people involed in Napoleon didn't make any more money than they got originally. Fox Seachlight, who bought it, made all the money.