According to the article, Am I a Racist cost $3 million to make. Megalopolis cost $120 million.
$3 million * 40 = $120 million.
$120 million / 40 = $3 million.
Seems like the math is okay to me.
The math and the phrasing are both incorrect. 40 times less of something is not the same as 1/40th of something. Times is a multiplication term. 40 times 120 million is 4.8 billion. 4.8 billion from 120 million is negative 4.68 billion. You can't logically say something that cost 3 million is forty times less than something. Mathematically, forty times 3 million is 120 million, but if you took 40 times 3 million and subtracted it from 120 million, you'd have zero. Logically and mathematically incorrect.