How in the world would a studio budget $30 million on a W.A. film??
Seems like an enormous risk.
shareAnd a risk they lost, considering it only grossed 11 million!
shareIt made more than 30 mill in the boxoffice :)
11 is just USA ;)
So they just need another 30 million to break even
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So they just need another 30 million to break even
See article: Film streaming and downloads to overtake box office in 2017 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jun/04/film-streaming-downloads-dvd-netflix
Being that Amazon Studios is distributing this film, along with Lionsgate, I'm guessing this film should easily rake in an additional $30 million plus via streaming. I believe this was a major reason why Amazon spent $20 million to acquire and secure the rights to distribute this film.
Speaking for myself, if I wasn't a fan of a certain director, nor a fan of any of the actors in a particular film, but wanted to watch a film that received mostly positive reviews, I would be much more likely to stream such a film on Netflix or Amazon Instant Video, than watch it in a movie theater. share
IMDb shows $34.3M worldwide revenue for CS as of the middle of October. A picture that came out in the early 2000's, A Walk to Remember, ended its theatrical run with $46M worldwide. A Warner Brothers' exec stated last winter, that WB has made $110M on AWTR, making more after the picture's theatrical run was complete, than they did during its theater run -- TV advertising revenue, DVD sales, etc. I know it's only a sample size of one, but it still suggests CS's revenue generation will go on for years to come. I doubt the studio will end up losing money in the long run.
Rest in peace, Roger Ebert. You were the best.
The majority of films released in theaters each year fail to earn more in domestic box office revenue than their combined production/marketing/distribution budget. Simply put, most films don't break even at the box office. If it wasn't for secondary revenue streams from DVD sales, video on demand, TV licensing and merchandising, like you mentioned, logic would dictate that if most films don't turn a profit, some losing studios tens of millions of dollars, production companies would be going bankrupt left and right, which clearly isn't the case.
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