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To: Citizen Zed

Well, they did earn their respective salaries in this episode.


3 posted on 12/22/2015 6:56:32 PM PST by ctdonath2 (History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the week or the timid. - Ike)
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To: ctdonath2

There will be no gross profits. Hollywood accounting will erase all!!

Wiki: According to Lucasfilm, Return of the Jedi, despite having earned $475 million at the box office against a budget of $32.5 million, “has never gone into profit”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting

How Hollywood Accounting Can Make a $450 Million Movie ‘Unprofitable’
Erase any possible profit, the studio charges this “movie corporation” a big fee that overshadows the film’s revenue. For accounting purposes, the movie is a money “loser” and there are no profits to distribute.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/09/how-hollywood-accounting-can-make-a-450-million-movie-unprofitable/245134/


43 posted on 12/22/2015 8:59:13 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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