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$90,000,000?????????? ?

posted 11 years ago by benmasta
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How the hell did this movie cost 90 mil?! seriously where did all the budget go??

there are action movies where they regularly destroy and explode everything with lower budgets than this!!!

[–] randyhndrsn 11 years ago

Sandler movies cost a lot of money these days because he get's paid so much to be in them, and they just blow the rest of it.

[–] wrathofachilles 11 years ago

All the cameos had to add up.

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[–] Star_AD 11 years ago

LOL

Yup

[–] crysjumar 9 years ago

they had to pay Mrs Garrett

[–] tom-1674 9 years ago

How the hell did this movie cost 90 mil?!

If you haven't heard of "Hollywood Accounting", you should look it up. In a nutshell, a lot of movie productions are designed to pay the insiders up front while leaving suckers holding the bag.

Sandler, being the scumbag he is, takes it to a whole new level. He shamelessly solicits companies for product placements, pays his buddies ridiculous money for little to no work, makes sleazy distribution deals where the signers pocket up front fees while outside investors get nothing unless the movie makes an impossibly high amount of money.

He doesn't care how well the movie does, or even how good it is because he makes his money before it's released.

[–] metusbatmanv 8 years ago

Everyone does this, you delusional person. Titanic is a great example and so are the Harry Potter movies. Order of the Phoenix made 990 million but was still in the red 170 million.

[–] tom-1674 8 years ago

Everyone does this, you delusional person.

Excuse me? Please prove how I'm delusional. Educate us how the producers of all movies use the same tactics as Sandler, or STFU.

[–] metusbatmanv 8 years ago

I just gave you two examples, you delusional person.

[–] tom-1674 8 years ago

I just gave you two examples, you delusional person.

Like hell you did. You gave two examples of Hollywood accounting, but you're too bloody stupid to understand that I'm talking about Sandler's tricks.

Anyway, your claim that all movies use Hollywood accounting is BS. Believe it or not, quite a few movie makers are actually honest.

[–] stevegrayston-75-221538 8 years ago

lots of big stars/ cameos, extras, lots of large purpose built sets and quite a bit of cgi.

[–] terryperring104 8 years ago

it does have one of the best practical special effect I've ever seen.
Its when he swims after a boat, near the start of the film. He seems to swim like a dolphin swooping up an over, through the water. Its brilliant. How was it done, anyone know?

[–] Arvin-G-Borkar 8 years ago

That's pretty cheap for a movie, actually.

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