anyone know the numbers behind movie profits?
04-01-07, 05:06 AM
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anyone know the numbers behind movie profits?
box office numbers are always reported for movies but i'm curious how much money a movie actually makes.
say a movie cost $40 million and ends up making $100 million domestically. how much profit is made?
from what i've read: advertising can cost as much as production, worldwide usually doubles domestic box office, profits from box office is %50
so $40 million profit from ticket sales?
then pay-per-view? dvd? tv?
say a movie cost $40 million and ends up making $100 million domestically. how much profit is made?
from what i've read: advertising can cost as much as production, worldwide usually doubles domestic box office, profits from box office is %50
so $40 million profit from ticket sales?
then pay-per-view? dvd? tv?
04-01-07, 11:34 AM
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I've heard anecdotes. That when an actor is supposed to be paid a percentage of the net, and he get excited when the movie is a big success, he's told that the movie lost money. That the studios hate it that box office numbers are published, and were adamant that the DVD sales were kept secret. That blockbuster successes like Terminator 2 bankrupted Orion Pictures.
After the Enron collapse, new rules were made to insure financial transparency. They don't seem to apply to the motion picture industry.
After the Enron collapse, new rules were made to insure financial transparency. They don't seem to apply to the motion picture industry.
04-01-07, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Nick Danger
After the Enron collapse, new rules were made to insure financial transparency. They don't seem to apply to the motion picture industry.
04-01-07, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Nick Danger
I've heard anecdotes. That when an actor is supposed to be paid a percentage of the net, and he get excited when the movie is a big success, he's told that the movie lost money. That the studios hate it that box office numbers are published, and were adamant that the DVD sales were kept secret. That blockbuster successes like Terminator 2 bankrupted Orion Pictures.
After the Enron collapse, new rules were made to insure financial transparency. They don't seem to apply to the motion picture industry.
After the Enron collapse, new rules were made to insure financial transparency. They don't seem to apply to the motion picture industry.
Unless you happen to be an accountant or executive at the movie studios, you likely will never know what made money and what didn't - hell, what makes you think the "budget" they tell you is real?
No one wants to make the most expensive movie ever - but yet budgets are creeping up to the $300 million dollar level (Jack Sparrow, I'm looking at you).
04-01-07, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Nick Danger
I've heard anecdotes. That when an actor is supposed to be paid a percentage of the net, and he get excited when the movie is a big success, he's told that the movie lost money. That the studios hate it that box office numbers are published, and were adamant that the DVD sales were kept secret. That blockbuster successes like Terminator 2 bankrupted Orion Pictures.
After the Enron collapse, new rules were made to insure financial transparency. They don't seem to apply to the motion picture industry.
After the Enron collapse, new rules were made to insure financial transparency. They don't seem to apply to the motion picture industry.
04-01-07, 09:44 PM
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Well, as far as box office goes I know the rule of thumb is that a movie needs to make three times its cost to be considered "profitable" because by that point including ad revenues and perhaps even DVD production costs these days, after making 3 times the budget, that's undoubtedly all "in the black" from then on.
Obviously that doesn't tell you anything concrete about any specific movie, but you can also look on Box Office Mojo and they sometimes have the ad budget so that will give you a clearer idea of how much money the flick actually made.
Obviously that doesn't tell you anything concrete about any specific movie, but you can also look on Box Office Mojo and they sometimes have the ad budget so that will give you a clearer idea of how much money the flick actually made.
