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Amazing feat: EVERY film this guy has directed has LOST Money


Now, sometimes even a good movie isn't a hit. And I admit, GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS is a good movie. So was AT CLOSE RANGE. But after a couple decades of work, if EVERY film you make loses money, it has to reflect back on you. And it begs the question, how does he keep working? We're constantly told that if you make Hollywood $$ they keep you working, even if your next job doesn't make sense. Like Chu going from Justin Bieber concert film to GI Joe 2. But here, Foley's films have NEVER made money.

Of the films that I've been able to find the budgets for (and this doens't include the P&A spend):

AT CLOSE RANGE: Budget $6.5, gross $2.3 M
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS: Budget $12M, Gross $11 Million
THE CHAMBER: Budget $50M, gross, $14M
THE CORRUPTOR: Budget $30M, gross $15M
CONFIDENCE: Budget $15M, gross $12M
PERFECT STRANGER: Budget $61M, GROSS $24M

And now Universal is investing back to back 2 films of their "50 shades" franchise to him?

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