Not necessarily.Remember that they are talking about box office gross. That's the amount taken in tickets. A lot of that goes to the theatre owner, actors and directors take a percentage. Then you've got things like promotion costs etc etc.The rule that I've heard is that if a studio takes 3 times production cost in gross, then it makes a profit. It doesn't always work out like that, though. Some movies will do better than others in DVD, merchandising etc.
Where is Terminator 2 on this list? As the 'most expensive movie of all time' at roughly $100MM when it was made, that probably should have found its way on somewhere.Using 3% inflation it would be at $165+ million today
I saw 13th Warrior, and thought it was actually a pretty good film, not mind blowingly good, but certainly watchable. What I did not think however, was that it was one of the most expensive movies ever made, in fact I thought it was a budget film. $190,000,000? I'm amazed. That's $1,862,745.1 per minute. Most scenes comprise of long shots of Antonio Banderas looking serious, did he cost THAT much? In comparison, all three LOTR films add up to a piffling $270,000,000, which is only $483,870.97 per minute of Frodo looking serious.
@MisterFlautYou need to work on your reading comprehension. Turn off the Antiflag and go get your Mommy and Daddy to explain cresswga's post for you. You know you're a bit insecure when people talking about pop convinces you that they're all sheep. I mean, there's a good chance they are, but now we see that it's a certainty YOU are.And for the record, none of those films so much as break my top 10... Waterworld had to have been one of the worst movies ever.
lucaskaneApr 24, 2007
Chances are I saw Cleopatra when I was 10 and they even said during the commercial it was the most expensive movie ever made!
bentl1Apr 25, 2007
May never have heard of Cleopatra? Are you serious? Dude, you need to see it! What a great film! They don't " make em' " like that anymore!
davidrossApr 25, 2007
So which is it? Get out more; or watch more movies?
timalmondApr 25, 2007
Not necessarily.Remember that they are talking about box office gross. That's the amount taken in tickets. A lot of that goes to the theatre owner, actors and directors take a percentage. Then you've got things like promotion costs etc etc.The rule that I've heard is that if a studio takes 3 times production cost in gross, then it makes a profit. It doesn't always work out like that, though. Some movies will do better than others in DVD, merchandising etc.
xspireApr 25, 2007
OMFG, Speed 2 was on there. That must have been a serious loss for the creators of that piece of garbage.
willierabApr 25, 2007
Waterworld!
bca102Apr 25, 2007
Where is Terminator 2 on this list? As the 'most expensive movie of all time' at roughly $100MM when it was made, that probably should have found its way on somewhere.Using 3% inflation it would be at $165+ million today
nonamesleftApr 25, 2007
I saw 13th Warrior, and thought it was actually a pretty good film, not mind blowingly good, but certainly watchable. What I did not think however, was that it was one of the most expensive movies ever made, in fact I thought it was a budget film. $190,000,000? I'm amazed. That's $1,862,745.1 per minute. Most scenes comprise of long shots of Antonio Banderas looking serious, did he cost THAT much? In comparison, all three LOTR films add up to a piffling $270,000,000, which is only $483,870.97 per minute of Frodo looking serious.
emjaymjApr 25, 2007
@MisterFlautYou need to work on your reading comprehension. Turn off the Antiflag and go get your Mommy and Daddy to explain cresswga's post for you. You know you're a bit insecure when people talking about pop convinces you that they're all sheep. I mean, there's a good chance they are, but now we see that it's a certainty YOU are.And for the record, none of those films so much as break my top 10... Waterworld had to have been one of the worst movies ever.
dn11Apr 26, 2007
buried because it's one of those freaking slide show bulls**t things
ariastarApr 26, 2007Submitter
AFTER marketing, it may be around $500mil. But the cost to produce the movie is something else entirely.