DB.E Worldwide Total

[Dayspring]

I was about to ask that very same question, can we have a source cited for this?

Well, I asked him before (on this same page) and he didn't respond.

Because there's no real source. The rule of thumb for above expectations is Gross = 3x Budget, because it depends on the individual film. Think about it:

One might have a budget of 50 mil and expect to make over 100 mil. Anything equal to or less than 50 would be a bomb because they failed to break even (basic economics). In the case of this example, between 50 and close to 100 would not be a bomb, but be a failure because it wasn't what you set out to make. Meanwhile 100-150 (which is 2-3x the budget) would be a success because it made their "over 100 mil" expectation, while 150 and over (3x budget) would be a smash hit because they completely supassed their expectations.

The reason it's a rule of thumb is because another producer could set out with the same budget and hope to make significantly less or more than 100 mil. Dark Knight, for example. Indie films often expect to make no money. Since it varies per film, it's just a general rule of thumb.

[Xyex]

I would rather see a live-action film verison of the manga. Or at least something in the realm of coming close to that.

I've seen the manga. I don't want the manga, I want a movie. If you want the manga, go read the manga, watch the anime, or play one of the DOZENS of video games.

Well, Wolverine did cut his head off, but they could somehow fix this for a possible sequel would it feature Deadpool once again.

Dude, it's Deadpool. Like that matters. XD

So 50 million dollar movie... let's say a very modest 10 million dollar marketing budget, the movie needs to pull in 110 million at the box office just to break even.

That would work if you weren't talking gross budget. But the budgets cited for movies after release are gross budgets. Which means the $50 million number for DBE is all costs lumped together. So making $50 million would break even, over that amount is profit.

And all a movie needs to do is come close to breaking even for a studio to consider a sequel, if they feel the sequel has greater potential than the original.

[Tommy]

Where can I learn more about movie budgets and profits? Where did these facts come from?

Go to filmschool.

You guys want to see a source?

Skeptical of the current popularity of an action franchise that has been absent for close to two decades, naysayers underestimated the nostalgic allure of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. With a current worldwide gross of over $700 million, against a budget estimated at $185 million, an estimated marketing budget of $150 million, plus the cut that exhibitors take for playing the movie in their theaters, only now is the film even close to breaking even for Paramount Pictures.

Marketing is NOT included in the budget. For each movie ticket sold half goes to the theater and half goes to the studio. So a 50 million dollar opening weekend only earns the studio 25 million back. So even if DBE didn't spend a DIME on marketing it would still need to make 100 million just to break even.

[Big Momma]

For each movie ticket sold half goes to the theater and half goes to the studio.

Wait, I thought that for the first week or so, %100 of all the ticket sells went to the studio, then the percentage steadily decresed with each progressing week after that.

[Super Ghost Kamikaze]

Yeah, the theater's take in the ticket increases as time goes on. It'd be nice and convenient for our MATHS if it didn't, but it does.