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To: Borges
As per boxofficemojo the budegt was 14M.

What I've heard is that a movie must make double its budget to break even (because promotion and distribution costs are so steep). In other words, this movie has to make $28 million to break even. It's not even close.

103 posted on 01/06/2006 4:15:54 PM PST by Glenmerle
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To: Glenmerle
It depends. Double the budget is a rule of thumb and doesn't necessarily apply. What's more important is the cut the studio is getting at this point, which is probably 80%, no less than 70% I'm guessing, so it's very close to making back its budget. Also this is a platform release; it's in less than 10% of the theaters King Kong is in.

It's not important that it hasn't made it's money yet because it's got a long way to go.

124 posted on 01/06/2006 4:29:19 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (The first and great commandment is: Don't let them scare you. --Elmer Davis)
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