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- From: farant@terapin.com (Faran Thomason)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
- Subject: Re: Highest gross movies
- References: <78568@hydra.gatech.EDU>
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 15:58:22 PST
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- If you really want to know how much money is returned to the film company you
- have to read Variety. I know in the annuals they print the movie RENTALS-These
- are the funds that the movie compnay gets back(The gross minus whatever the
- theaters take). The rentals figures are usually 20-40% less of the grosses.
- Then you have to take into account waht the move cost to make plus promotion.
- If you look at the grosses one really wonders how Movie companies make money!
- You can tell they take alo of hits espcially on the bigger budgeted movies that
- need to make 100 million + domesticly to be profitable.
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