http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alexander.htm
Budget was 155 million. made 34 million domestically if you include the world it made 167 million. It did not turn a profit, you have to make 3 times your budget to turn a real profit, at a minimum twice your budget, now of course it all depends on how much money goes into advertising, so those are not hard and fast rules, but no way 12 million above budget turned a profit for this movie.
Maybe I will get attacked for saying this here but I think Stone should get credit for volunteering to go to the Vietnam War, he could have stayed in college and avoided it.
I’m sure we can all agree that we don’t like many of his political views but the beauty of this country is he has the right to say them and for what it is worth I have a high amount of respect for his military service. How many Hollywood types can you picture volunteering for a war, and for the infantry, here is a blurb from Wikipedia:
A veteran of the Vietnam war, Stone served with the U.S. Army from April 1967 to November 1968. He specifically requested combat duty and was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division and the 1st Cavalry Division, and was wounded twice in action. His personal awards include the Bronze Star with “V” device for valor for “extraordinary acts of courage under fire”, and the Purple Heart with one Oak Leaf Cluster.
Okay. Hollywood and the French have good relations. BFD
The $155 million budget I took to include advertising. The $167 million I took to be the profits. Wrong. According to The Numbers website, Alexander lost over $71 million. The 14th biggest bust on their chart.
Per Bloomberg, the production budget for "W" was $30-miillion. With another $30-million in distribution costs. Stone can still get funding for his films.