Sky Captain box office earnings vs budget.
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Sky Captain box office earnings vs budget.
Wondering if anyone could tell me the profit margin in this film. Wondering if it made enough of a splash to merit a sequel. Searched the forum and have not found anything on budgets or box office totals.
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According to BoxofficeMojo, it cost $75 Million for production and $35 Million marketing, and only made back $37 Million in the US and $15 Million overseas. Not exactly a smashing success.
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Worldwide takings, including domestic, were $53 million.
The film's production budget was $70 million, with a further $35 million spent on ads.
This might seem like bad news, but the critics' reviews were largely favorable, and the DVD profits have yet to come. Kerry Conran has also been contracted by Paramount to make another film for them, though there's been no guarantee that it would be a Sky Captain film. Also - there's a rumor that the $70 million figure is incredibly inflated (so that Paramount could say they made no profits and pay the actors less, or so the CG effects secrets wouldn't be stolen by other studios wanting more bang for their buck, depending on who you ask), but I don't put much stock in that.
The film's production budget was $70 million, with a further $35 million spent on ads.
This might seem like bad news, but the critics' reviews were largely favorable, and the DVD profits have yet to come. Kerry Conran has also been contracted by Paramount to make another film for them, though there's been no guarantee that it would be a Sky Captain film. Also - there's a rumor that the $70 million figure is incredibly inflated (so that Paramount could say they made no profits and pay the actors less, or so the CG effects secrets wouldn't be stolen by other studios wanting more bang for their buck, depending on who you ask), but I don't put much stock in that.
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Originally Posted by DonnachaOne
there's a rumor that the $70 million figure is incredibly inflated.
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
Ah yes, those Academy-Award winning CG effects....oh wait.
Originally Posted by QuiGonJosh
You mean those PS2 CG effects?
The vfx were done in that style to match the movie.
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Originally Posted by Terrell
There's no way Sky Captain only cost 30-35 million.
There was a great deal of pressure to keep the investments down on this film, due to the experimental nature of the piece.
I'm reading more and more that the 70 mil number is wayyyyyy off.
But no, to answer the original question, there will not be a sequel.
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40 million seems to be much closer to the actual costs on this film. Recall this was also an independant production, and was only picked up by a studio well into its production. Not that that means it can't be expensive, but I get the feeling those lower numbers are probably correct.
But no, there won't be a sequel. Even at 40 million it didn't really make enough to justify a sequel.
But no, there won't be a sequel. Even at 40 million it didn't really make enough to justify a sequel.
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The only way I could see a sequel happening is if the DVD sells through the roof, and Jude Law scores a few mega blockbusters and is seen as a major box office draw. Similar to what happened with Vin Diesel and Riddick. I don't really expect either to happen really, though I'm sure DVD sales will be pretty decent.
Anyway, I'm sure Kerry Conran will get some good work and we'll defiantely see more from him. I know he's attached to Princess of Mars for Paramount, and I haven't heard that changing at all. If he's going to be making any sequels, it'd be for that, but we'll have to see how it does.
I wouldn't get my hopes up too high for a Sky Captain sequel though.
Anyway, I'm sure Kerry Conran will get some good work and we'll defiantely see more from him. I know he's attached to Princess of Mars for Paramount, and I haven't heard that changing at all. If he's going to be making any sequels, it'd be for that, but we'll have to see how it does.
I wouldn't get my hopes up too high for a Sky Captain sequel though.
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Originally Posted by Terrell
There's no way Sky Captain only cost 30-35 million.
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Originally Posted by Numanoid
Anyone know what Law, Jolie and Paltrow received? They could easily have blown that budget just on payroll.
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Originally Posted by Terrell
There's no way Sky Captain only cost 30-35 million.
I can't believe "Sky Captain" cost $35 million, unless Gwyneth Paltrow got paid $15 million.
This, by the way, doesn't mean I didn't like the movie. I did.
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I still can't help but wonder why the film didn't do better with all of the mostly positive notice it got. My only guess is that it couldn't connect with modern audiences that well, or people outside of the geek kingdom.
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Let's see, shot on HD video, so no film/processing costs, with virtually no sets, no location expenses, and post-production and CG animation done on a desktop Mac.
As for no film/processing costs, are you kidding me? Absolutely there were film costs, unless you're telling me that this film was only released in the very small percentage of theaters in this country that have digital projection.
As for no sets, CG and VFX can cost more than building a set a lot of times. Sometimes a set cost more. It just depends..
As for doing the effects on Macs, a lot of the effects nowadays are done on desktops, many running Linux. It is cheaper to run those, but it is not necessarily cheaper for the filmmaker. Many companies, including ILM, switched from SGI workstations to Intel workstations running Linux because they were cheaper to buy and had increased performance over the SGI machines. The days of the old massive SGI workstations are long since past. The actual FX work determines a lot of the cost, not what they were created on. Of course, there are other factors as well such as, the number of shots needed, the complexity of those shots, and the deadline for delivering said shots.
I believe 70 is more accurate than 35. Then again, if anyone can show me some real evidence that boxofficemojo.com is wrong, and the film did cost 35 million, I'll be more than happy to admit I'm wrong.
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Originally Posted by Terrell
I believe 70 is more accurate than 35. Then again, if anyone can show me some real evidence that boxofficemojo.com is wrong, and the film did cost 35 million, I'll be more than happy to admit I'm wrong.
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Originally Posted by Terrell
I believe 70 is more accurate than 35. Then again, if anyone can show me some real evidence that boxofficemojo.com is wrong, and the film did cost 35 million, I'll be more than happy to admit I'm wrong.
From Ebert's Current Answer Man column:
"Q. As a free-lancer for the Seattle Times, I recently interviewed Kerry Conran, the writer-director of "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow," and when we discussed the film's budget, he quoted a figure -- off the record -- which was far below the $70 million that's been quoted in literally dozens of reviews and articles.
While I'm familiar with the ego-soothing spin strategies that studios use to inflate a film's budget, in the case of "Sky Captain," wouldn't it make more sense if Paramount had actually boasted about the film's relatively modest budget, since it represents a digital milestone?
Jeff Shannon, Lynnwood, Wash.
A. I heard the budget was not a million miles away from $38 million, which is the advertising budget for some films in that genre. So "Sky Captain" will win back its cost and turn a profit, despite a relatively tame reception at the box office. Many readers tell me I liked it more than they did, and accuse me of being blinded by its style, as if there's a surplus of style in today's movies."
"Q. As a free-lancer for the Seattle Times, I recently interviewed Kerry Conran, the writer-director of "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow," and when we discussed the film's budget, he quoted a figure -- off the record -- which was far below the $70 million that's been quoted in literally dozens of reviews and articles.
While I'm familiar with the ego-soothing spin strategies that studios use to inflate a film's budget, in the case of "Sky Captain," wouldn't it make more sense if Paramount had actually boasted about the film's relatively modest budget, since it represents a digital milestone?
Jeff Shannon, Lynnwood, Wash.
A. I heard the budget was not a million miles away from $38 million, which is the advertising budget for some films in that genre. So "Sky Captain" will win back its cost and turn a profit, despite a relatively tame reception at the box office. Many readers tell me I liked it more than they did, and accuse me of being blinded by its style, as if there's a surplus of style in today's movies."
Andrew
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I still can't help but wonder why the film didn't do better with all of the mostly positive notice it got. My only guess is that it couldn't connect with modern audiences that well, or people outside of the geek kingdom.
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Originally Posted by Dr. DVD
I still can't help but wonder why the film didn't do better with all of the mostly positive notice it got. My only guess is that it couldn't connect with modern audiences that well, or people outside of the geek kingdom.
Last edited by Bill Needle; 01-26-05 at 11:11 PM.
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Originally Posted by Terrell
I believe boxofficemojo.com is pretty accurate with their figures.
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Originally Posted by Terrell
As for no film/processing costs, are you kidding me? Absolutely there were film costs, unless you're telling me that this film was only released in the very small percentage of theaters in this country that have digital projection.
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I liked it the first time Paramont showed it, when it was called Captain Proton on ST: Voyager
actually it wasn't a bad movie, but I can see why it didn't have a big theater draw
actually it wasn't a bad movie, but I can see why it didn't have a big theater draw