The studios use “creative accounting” to try to say that they’ve not made money on films. They’ve been doing it forever.
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The “net” is never positive. Should have asked for a cut of the gross. Standard hollywood accounting.
She didn’t sell for a share of the profit. She sold it straight-up and it became an unexpected hit.
That’s just how the ball bounces sometimes.
What a bunch of con artists and chumps.
George Lucas claim that Return of the Jedi never turned a profit.
AMC had to pay Frank Darabont a lot of money over this issue.
“Hollywood Liberals” do not share. They will steal what is yours.
Hollywood accounting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting
According to Lucasfilm, Return of the Jedi (1983), despite having earned $475 million at the box office against a budget of $32.5 million, “has never gone into profit”
How Hollywood Accounting Can Make a $450 Million Movie ‘Unprofitable’
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/09/how-hollywood-accounting-can-make-a-450-million-movie-unprofitable/245134/
“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, which, under Hollywood accounting, ended up with a $167 million “loss” even though it’s one of the top grossing films of the last decade.