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Rolling Thunder
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 Re: Production Budgets Libs wrote: I just can't believe The Lone Ranger cost $250M. Where does that place it on the list of all-time highest production budgets? Tied for 6th highest. Only POTC: AWE ($300m), John Carter ($300m), The Hobbit ($270m), Tangled ($260m) and Spider-Man 3 ($258m) rank higher. TLR reportedly the same budget as The Dark Knight Rises. Just how much was Depp being paid?
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David
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Re: Production Budgets To be fair, it does seem incredibly expensive. I imagine extensive practical stunts involving trains balloon a budget rapidly.
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Re: Production Budgets It did. Disney canceled it at the eleventh hour at one point, when the plot focused on a Native American version of werewolves.
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Re: Production Budgets It sounds absurd considering this is a mega-mega-budget July 4th tent-pole release, but at times I get the sense The Lone Ranger exists first and foremost because it is a quixotic journey Johnny Depp dreamed of going on to amuse himself in the desert, and the Disney executives were eager to please him and ensure he stays Pirates minded.
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Re: Production Budgets That's fucking HUGE, I just hope it does not flop at all
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Re: Production Budgets lilmac wrote: Magnus wrote: God, DM2 is pretty much gonna be at profit after two days. Not necessarily. You have to factor in advertising costs in the total budget then multiply by 2 to get a (very) rough breakeven point. Just say DM2 had a $70m marketing budget. That's about $150m in total costs (again, very crude measure due to distribution costs/tie ins/etc). DM2 would need to gross $300m in WW grosses to start making a profit at the boxoffice. Theatrical grosses however comprise just a fraction of the total take which is why it may surprise you that John Carter, while a money loser, will come close to making its money back. It's too complicated to play this bgame. Where are tie-in's, which certainly made Universal a lot of money by now? And merchandise licenses? _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Production Budgets Oh and having seen The Lone Ranger, you certainly do see the money on-screen.
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Re: Production Budgets Dr. Lecter wrote: lilmac wrote: Magnus wrote: God, DM2 is pretty much gonna be at profit after two days. Not necessarily. You have to factor in advertising costs in the total budget then multiply by 2 to get a (very) rough breakeven point. Just say DM2 had a $70m marketing budget. That's about $150m in total costs (again, very crude measure due to distribution costs/tie ins/etc). DM2 would need to gross $300m in WW grosses to start making a profit at the boxoffice. Theatrical grosses however comprise just a fraction of the total take which is why it may surprise you that John Carter, while a money loser, will come close to making its money back. It's too complicated to play this bgame. Where are tie-in's, which certainly made Universal a lot of money by now? And merchandise licenses?
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Re: Production Budgets David wrote: For 250 million dollars, I am almost surprised they did not hire a more widely known actor with real draw to play the Lone Ranger. I wonder how much more Depp got paid. 20x more than Hammer?
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Re: Production Budgets I wouldn't write off The Lone Ranger that quickly.
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Re: Production Budgets LAT: "at least $225m" LONE RANGER $76m DM2 $2.5m LET ME EXPLAIN http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/en ... 2336.story
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Re: Production Budgets Dr. Lecter wrote: I don't get it. How is Descpiable Me 2 $125 million cheaper than Pixar's films. Of course, their animation is better, but sure as hell not $125 million better. Wasn't virtually all of DM2's animation outsourced to France? We should see something similar with Planes being outsourced to India.
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Re: Production Budgets $76m DM2 Seriously?
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Re: Production Budgets DM2 wasn't "outsourced" to France. Illumination's animation studio (formerly MacGuff) is in France. It's the same studio that did DM1 and The Lorax.
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Re: Production Budgets The Lone Ranger isn't surprising. It looks like it cost no less than $180-200 million, and with Depp and Bruckheimer involved, there's your $250 million budget.
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Re: Production Budgets Pacific Rim:
Variety: $185m
LAT: nearly $190m
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Re: Production Budgets That's the standard blockbuster budget for Pacific Rim the problem is that it won't open like one.
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Re: Production Budgets mark66 wrote: Pacific Rim:
Variety: $185m
LAT: nearly $190m THR: at least $185m $80m Grown Ups 2
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Re: Production Budgets THR:
$135m Turbo
$130m RIPD
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$84m RED2
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Re: Production Budgets mark66 wrote: THR:
$135m Turbo
$130m RIPD
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$84m RED2 I can see Turbo and potentially Red 2 making money, but RIPD is a gamble. RIPD has had a lot of marketing so I could see almost 50-70 million for advertising. I like the dude and RR and it looks entertaining for the most part so I hope it does well.
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Re: Production Budgets LAT:
$20m Conjuring
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Re: Production Budgets mark66 wrote: LAT:
$20m Conjuring Conjuring is going to be all profit after the 2nd week. It's goin to be good.
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Re: Production Budgets LA Times is now saying $120m. That's flat-out excellent.
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Re: Production Budgets LA Times updated their article to 120m like THR.
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