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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 11, 2016 16:25:33 GMT -5
Ha. John Carter cost 250 million and made 73 in the states. But it made a combined 284 million worldwide. True, but its publicity budget is said to have been astronomical... Plus its real price tag was re-evaluated at 300+ millions.  (I liked that film, dammit!) That's the real problem- how much you spend on ads can kill your profits. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 11, 2016 17:37:06 GMT -5
Ha. John Carter cost 250 million and made 73 in the states. But it made a combined 284 million worldwide. True, but its publicity budget is said to have been astronomical... Plus its real price tag was re-evaluated at 300+ millions. (I liked that film, dammit!) Nothing to be ashamed of, I liked The Halley Berry Catwoman movie.  |
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Post by Gene on Jul 11, 2016 22:07:17 GMT -5
True, but its publicity budget is said to have been astronomical... Plus its real price tag was re-evaluated at 300+ millions. (I liked that film, dammit!) Nothing to be ashamed of, I liked The Halley Berry Catwoman movie. |
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Post by String on Jul 12, 2016 16:33:15 GMT -5
I loved John Carter so much, I later bought the Burroughs novels, having never read any of them before then.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 12, 2016 16:49:18 GMT -5
One needs to look at world wide box office figures and then you can double it to account for home video sales, cable/streaming and broadcasting royalties and then compare it to the movies budget plus about 10% for publicity.
In the case of the first movie on this thread, the X-men film, it will generate 3 times its original cost. Hardly a bomb
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 12, 2016 16:56:27 GMT -5
I was wondering what the formula for final gross was. It's a different era now that video streaming is available.
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Post by dupersuper on Jul 12, 2016 20:28:45 GMT -5
Don't forget Jonah Hex.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 13, 2016 0:36:25 GMT -5
I was wondering what the formula for final gross was. It's a different era now that video streaming is available. I've read that you take the final worldwide theatrical gross and double it to account for the money generated thereafter. You'll never get a "real and accurate" accounting because budgets and box office are prone to over or under reporting. And you'll never hear of the ancillary costs of promotions nor cost of video production too. |
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Post by Dizzy D on Jul 13, 2016 6:09:28 GMT -5
I was trying really hard to. |
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