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To: simpson96
The math is not right.

The movie cost "nearly 100 Million to make" plus marketing. It had grossed 54 Million so far and they claim a $120 million loss.

My brother-in-law worked as an accountant for a major studio. His comment to me once was: If the box office receipts equal production costs, then everyone has "made money". He also gave me many examples of how they bury 'costs' so as to put money into the right pockets.

21 posted on 09/08/2016 12:59:40 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Open borders will be the 'beso de la muerte for America.)
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To: Michael.SF.

I have done two small movies. Production cost is usually matched by P&A, so a $100m film has an actual cost of $200m. As to who makes money, it’s in the contract: production companies are paid up front, investors and banks and studios, last.


42 posted on 09/08/2016 1:25:02 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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