A very interesting idea about the "...Movie Business.." How does it survive with so many failures?

[Stuart G]

Here is how, hit the link below, and then look at the side information....To make it simple:

Movie, ......."A Star is Born".......released in theaters, October 5, 2018..

Budget ........$30,000,000
Promotion......25,000,000
total cost.......55,000,000

World Gross..450,000,000 How much money the movie made in world release in theaters.

Profit...........$400,000,000
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Above does NOT... include profit from being shown on cable TV, reg TV, disc sales, etc,etc,etc,.

You see, every once in a while..you hit that jackpot ...quite a haul...eh?

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2164360705/?ref_=bo_da_table_2

[Mike 03]

1. That's a good example because "Star" had such a modest budget.

Many of the studios are dependent upon expensive franchise films (i.e., Star Wars, superhero films, Transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc...). Those films can cost easily upwards of $100 M, probably closer to $200 nowadays. X Men: Dark Phoenix was a $200 million dollar film that made (so far) $250 million. Batman Dark Knight was a $185 Million dollar film that made over a billion dollars.

EDIT: I was just looking up the budget of Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker. It was $275 million (that surprised me, I thought it was less than that) and made over a billion. Studios depend on those films to offset other losses.

[Stuart G]

2. Thanks for your post, and your insite about this idea..

I like this sentence from your post:

Batman Dark Knight was a $185 Million dollar film that made over a billion dollars.


and this too......:

EDIT: I was just looking up the budget of Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker. It was $275 million (that surprised me, I thought it was less than that) and made over a billion. Studios depend on those films to offset other losses.

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another film to think about.....................

.....................Star Wars, A New Hope...(first Star Wars move, 1977)

......................budget........$11,000,000
..................total gross.....$750,000,000

profit...............................$725,000,000...........approx...after promotion costs.. (side note, I saw that on the 2nd day it was out..on a Saturday, no one knew what money it would bring in, but it was lots of fun to watch, and I saw it in the movie theaters at least 5 times after that)

[msongs]

3. film makers have to share that "profit" with many groups nt