[AmishDude]

Production budget: $180M
Domestic gross: $70M
Foreign gross: $372M

So it made a profit, but it’s not clear what the marketing budget and additional costs were to get that kind of foreign gross. Usually the marketing budget is half the production budget. Even so, a movie that does that poorly in the US is a risk.

I am given to understand the sequel books are terrible because the author got more and more preachy in each successive book.

Funny thing: You write a book and adapt it to a movie with the express goal of attacking the Catholic church and then express indignation that the church fights back.

You know, I think that’s hypocrisy.

[Truthsearcher]

You have to remember that only 50-60% of the gross goes to the studio, the rest goes to the theaters/distributors.

So only you take off the 40-50% off the total gross, and add in the promotion/advertising costs, the movie lost money. Which is why there is not going to be a sequel. It has nothing to do with Christians halting his movie. Although they may have done so by refusing to go see it.

[Swordmaker]

So it made a profit, but it’s not clear what the marketing budget and additional costs were to get that kind of foreign gross. Usually the marketing budget is half the production budget. Even so, a movie that does that poorly in the US is a risk.

Worldwide Marketing budget is usually about the same as production costs when all is said and done, 'cause they add dubbing foreign languages or subtitling... so, figure total costs of $360 Million... So net before taxes of $82 mil... nothing to Sneeze at... but given the risks of sequelitis... I can see the antsy ness of investors. 11% return after taxes on the original might not translate to sequel 1 or 2.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

Those numbers don’t show a profit - gross is the ticket receipts AFAIK. The theatres have to take their cut.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

It used to be huge blockbusters cost $100 million to make, now any little tinpot anti-Christian film gets nearly a fifth of a billion dollars?