EternalShinyAndChrome

unbelievable.

I knew about the sliding rule - the older a movie gets, the less profit the studios make and the more theatres make, but that 2.5 rule accounts for that, typically. I could be wrong, but pretty sure I'm not. But you're right that they want to make the most money within the first 4 weeks to keep that at 90-95%. I also agree that in the US they don't have to tell us the nitty gritty details like they do in the UK. Hollywood accounting practices are the absolute worst and I completely side with the actors, writers and directors that Hollywood needs to open up their books because I can almost guarantee the studios and producers are fleecing them. I bet there is so much corruption it's not even funny.

That is correct. It's currently at $635 million worldwide, so it needed to make $375 million using the 2.5x rule to break even so they've made about a $260 million profit so far, not including other merchandising opportunities they may have with other companies. But, again, I want to point out that movie studios are notoriously shady in what they report as production budget. Usually we don't find out until YEARS later of what it actually cost. So that $150 million could really be $200 or $250 million 5 years from now when everyone starts talking. But, for now, we can only go with what they report. For the UK, though, they MUST report everything if they want to even get 1 GBP of tax breaks. That's how we found out how much The Acolyte cost, otherwise they neve would have reported it as such if it was a US production.

You have to remember that for international sales the movie studios only claim like 20-40% of the box office. So if it makes 100 billion overseas the movie studio is only getting 200-400 million of that. Like, in China, the Communist Government takes about 80 cents for every dollar. In the US they claim almost 90-95% of the box office. This is why the rule of thumb that movies must make about 2-2.5x their PRODUCTION budget (i.e. not including marketing budget) to break even is usually used. That 2-2.5x rule covers the cost of the marketing budget and overseas limited revenue. So, for example, if a movie production costs 200 million to make, it must make 400-500 million WORLDWIDE just to break even. Anything after that is profit. Of course, they do get tax subsidies and other marketing subsidies (i.e. toys, merchandising, etc..) to reduce that, but typically that is not communicated to the public as it's all internal. For us regular Joe's fighting each other on the board, it's 2-2.5x the production budget. Of course, the smaller the budget, the easier it is to make a profit which is why the monstrous budgets for these AAA movies need to make a sh#tload of money just to break even. Also, yes, international sales to typically lag behind American grosses, but as @Mike Honcho pointed out above, it all depends upon the marketing strategy. Sometimes they release movies internationally FIRST before they do release them in America. But again, they don't even get HALF of the box office of those grosses so while it will add to the total, they have to gross a LOT more just to hit that break even point.

Yep. me too. Oh, that's right, I didn't vote for him last time either.

You realize that is a CIVIL case, not a CRIMINAL case, right? You understand how criminal and civil cases are different, right?

Weird. Didn't see you mocking Biden for his wife and the leftist cabal making his decisions and trotting him out there as the face for the last 4 years. Oh yeah, that's right - Biden's cognitive decline came as A COMPLETE SHOCK TO YOU!!!! I'll let you have the last word, lastWordGuy.

But didn't you know that this is the greatest controversy of our time?!?!?!?!?

The end of the world is nigh! OMG!!! H1B VISAS!!

This is like the 100th time you've fell for and pushed a fake controversy. Who's triggered again?

Trump wins again! Winning!

Your name is Phantom's Tantrum.

Phantom's Tantrum doing his best to push the fake H1B Visa's "controversy" though. He's losing his sh#t over it in the other thread.

The guy losing his sh#t over H1B Visa's is you, moron. Your Trumpslide 2024 Cope Tour continues!

an insignificant number, for sure. It's only being amplified by the Trumpslide 2024 Cope Team because they'll do anything to disrupt, even push fake controversies and conspiracy theories. Like what they did the last time. It's the lefty playbook for the next 4 years.

It's not. It's a fake, ginned up controversy. A few have a problem with it but you guys want to amplify it as if everyone has a problem with it on the conservative side. It's a non-issue.

I'm sure it does. You fell for the "OMG! H1B Visa's CONTROVERSEY! OMG!". Of course you guys would believe this too.

No. He's been dead for at least 3 or 4 years now. Came as a complete shock to Democrats too.

All that's left for them is to watch Copeback Mountain together while cuddling with each other and hope that helps.

Who is he going to bring up next? Piers Morgan from the Apprentice?

Yes, but can't keep track of all the hundreds of aliases those ret@rds have blown thru up until now. It's quite the sight to behold watching them lose their sanity with every post. Trumpslide 2024 has broken them.

RIP

No he is not. He falls for every far left talking point and conspiracy theory as well. He's the PERFECT liberal - no thinking involved and just do as your told.

You really expect people to believe YOU? The guy using his 100th alias?

Yeah, I'm the weird one with you two deep-throating each other in the GC in order to cope.