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$17,500,000,000.00 BILLION!?

posted 15 years ago by darkstarrdp
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Ok, so I was watching this the other night on Cinemax On Demand.

It cost 250 dollars to subscribe to all three death races, before the last race the announcer said there was a record 70 Million viewers subscribed already.

250.00
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70,000,000.00
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$17,500,000,000.00 dollars revenue?

Do what now?

That seems a lil too much for 3 races, especially with the economy in such a disaster. "Frank" worked 120 hours in two weeks time and only received a $300.00 dollar pay-check.

How could people afford to pay 250.00 dollars for a streamed internet-cast when there only making that much money every two weeks? Plus the power bill, the internet bill, ect.?

I think they made a huge error blurting out their 70 million viewers announcement. Plus, with the way things are today don't you think hackers would find a way around paying 250 dollars to watch a streamed internet-cast without having to pay for it?

[–] 15 years ago

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[–] ThePlayerhater 15 years ago

Death is expensive.
You better know what youre getting.

[–] Defenseman13 15 years ago

don't think too hard on this one.

If you did, you would have read the part about the economy collapsing (this part involved READING at the beginning). That being said, knock a few zeroes off the price tag of this fictional movie.

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[–] TheLastPrewett 15 years ago

lol, i'm glad i wasn't the only one that did the math on that.

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[–] mikexx 11 years ago

Apparently, in the future there is no bittorrent.

[–] the_la_baker 10 years ago

Apparently, in the future there is no bittorrent.

Torrent a live event? AFAIK, that is impossible.

[–] mka1718 15 years ago

lol

[–] YourMovieSucksDOTorg 12 years ago

lol agreed. I just finished a review of this movie:
http://yourmoviesucks.org/deathracetrilogy.html

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[–] GaelinW 15 years ago

Not sure where the 70mm came from. The highest I heard was 50mm (Ulrich said to the warden near the end). But anyway, what they didn't say was if all 70mm (or 50mm) paid $250. I imagine many some paid $250 for all three races while others paid $99 for viewing probably the 2nd and/or 3rd stages.

Besides, the film opened saying the US economy was in the toilet. So that 17.5bb that you calculated may not be worth the same as it is today.

And as you asked who's paying to watch? Could be all foreigners. Or a bunch of people in a bar watching for $1 each.

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[–] [email protected] 7 years ago

'mm' is an abbreviation for 'millimetre' not 'millions'

[–] GaelinW 7 years ago

[email protected]
'mm' is an abbreviation for 'millimetre' not 'millions'

Pardon me for not hitting the shift key 7 years ago. But I thought it was clear we were talking about money not length.

"The Roman numeral M is often used to indicate one thousand, and MM is used to indicate one million. For example, an expense of $60,000 might appear as $60M. Sales of $3,000,000 might be written as $3MM. Internet advertisers are familiar with CPM which is the cost per thousand impressions."
http://www.accountingcoach.com/blog/what-does-m-and-mm-stand-for

"In Roman numerals, M represents 1,000. In accounting, the suffix MM is used to represent 1,000 thousands, which equals 1 million. When MM is used in this way, $150,000,000 is written as $150MM."
http://www.ehow.com/facts_6921579__mm_-mean-accounting_.html

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[–] jbn1 15 years ago

He only received $300 for the 120 hours because the company was bankrupt. I don't think it reflects the actual wages of the setting.

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[–] taggertjc 15 years ago

Well, the economy is shot, crime rate is up and is unemployment.

They referenced ancient Rome in the movie. Basically, the message is: the less bread, the more circuses.

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[–] Larrymon2000 15 years ago

If that was possible, all that demand and spending would bring the government OUT of the economic disaster. Besides, if the economy was that bad, 17.5bil at that point would be worth just as much today. Inflation tends to be very very low during troughs in economics, just cuz demand is so low. It's probably just a goof from someone who doesn't know a single thing about economics. Hmm, maybe all the viewers were wealthy Chinese and Indians.

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[–] cstapleton 15 years ago

jbn1 said:

"He only received $300 for the 120 hours because the company was bankrupt. I don't think it reflects the actual wages of the setting."

Yeah, the choice was to receive $300 cash now, or a cheque for the full amount owed, which would have bounced when they attempted to cash it at a bank.

They really didn't have much choice but to take the pitiful amount of cash offered. Just another reason they were all so angry.

[–] Bubbathegut (17225) 7 years ago

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[–] groundlessnfree 15 years ago

Does anybody realize that in the society we live in now there are people who only make $300 for a couple weeks work, and NASCAR makes like $3 Billion a year?

NASCAR makes that off of selling T-shirts and sponsorships. Imagine if you had to pay $100 to watch it every week.

[–] depaul_rules 15 years ago

OP,

i was thinking that same thing this morning watching the movie. That was funny. It was worth mentioning. I can't imagine 17 billion not being worth a lot reguardless of the economy.

[–] ghettobooty2 15 years ago

yeah, stop using your brain when watch movies like this and just enjoy the action

[–] Xander80 15 years ago

Who cares about how much revenue the race made. It's just a movie. Turn off brain and watch movie, that's what I say.

Anyway, I just have finished watching it, and I have to say - it's a very good film (I don't know the original, so I can't compare them)

[–] soonerpike697 15 years ago

Very good? REALLY? You sure you want to go with the assessment?

[–] gnome-5 14 years ago

"I can't imagine 17 billion not being worth a lot reguardless of the economy."

Go look up "Zimbabwe" and "inflation."

[–] jbowmore 14 years ago

First Race had 46 million viewers, most probably paying $250
Third Race had 70 million viewers, so an extra 24 million paying $99

Assume the Second Race had around 58 million viewers (average of 46 & 70), for an extra 12 million paying $99

So the Gross Revenue was more like $15 to $16 billion.

Also—as noted by others—the #300 cash was only a small fraction of what the company owed him at the beginning.

As for the value of those dollars, who knows.

[–] dethbelow 14 years ago

Oh, OK. Only 15 to 16 billion. Now it's way more realistic.

[–] jbowmore 14 years ago

Just pointing out that it was over 10% less than 17.5 billion.

If the future dollar is worth close to the present dollar, than of course neither value is especially plausible for a society with what is noted as a collapsed economy.

However, if the future dollar is worth notably less, than who knows...

[–] subase 13 years ago

Also 70 million viewers doesn't mean 70 million subscribers.

People probably pooled their money together and watched Death Race with a lot of people.

So we are really only talking about 20 million subscriptions at most.

In addition, the U.S government and penal system profited directly via taxes from Death Race, why do you think they allowed it to happen?

Prison systems are for profit organizations as we speak, so you can be sure Joan Allen paid off alot of politicians, judges to get her Death Race approved.

[–] Chyronn 13 years ago

You must also realise that just because the economy is in the toilet for some, doesn't mean it's like that for all. even in this current economic climate people are still making a profit. it only affects the people on the lower end of the scale. i'm also sure that it's not just the American audience that would watch this: you'd have some sort of international distribution rights

[–] subase 13 years ago

Exactly, an international audience. And Death Race has no language or cultural barriers, everyone in the world loves this type of stuff.

And Allen just mentioned the money from subscriptions. Tv, video, dvd rights and merchandise profits must be huge.

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[–] Swearengen 13 years ago

With inflation, 250 is like 25 bucks today I'm betting.

[–] dannyvazmon1 13 years ago

The economy today is in shambles as well but you still see malls packed with people spending money on useless crap, such as 500 dollar phones.