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This is how you make a really PROFITABLE movie...
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm
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 This is how you make a really PROFITABLE movie... Tarnation
Studio: Wellspring Media
Director: Jonathan Caouette
Cast: Jonathan Caouette, Michael Cox, Adolph Davis, Rosemary Davis, Renee Leblanc, David Sanin Paz
Genre: Documentary
Plot Summary: "Tarnation" is as fiercely personal a self-portrait as can be recalled. Having documented his life since the age of eleven, Jonathan Caouette weaves a psychedelic whirlwind of snapshots, Super-8 movies, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, snippets of '80s pop culture and dramatic reenactments to create an epic portrait of an American family torn apart by dysfunction and reunited through the power of love. The film begins with 31-year-old Caouette learning of his mother's lithium overdose and his trip home to aid in her recovery. Slipping back into the archives of his youth, we watch Caouette grow up on camera, seeking escape from family trauma through musical theater, grade-B horror flicks and the forging of his identity through popular culture.
BUDGET:
$220 (yes, Two hunderd twenty dollars) (as stated by IMDB and BOM)
BOX-OFFICE gross so far:
$518,967
PROFIT:
235,894% (box-office gross in relation to the budget)
Profits in comparison (domestic grosses only):
The Blair With Project - 234,232%
Super Size Me - 17,748%
My Big Fat Greek Wedding - $4,829%
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This must be one of the most-profitable if not THE most profitable film ever made. Heck, each weekend it makes more than its production budget. Seriously, even I could afford a $220 movie. 
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mary
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Re: This is how you make a really PROFITABLE movie... Dr. Lecter wrote: TarnationStudio: Wellspring Media Director: Jonathan Caouette Cast: Jonathan Caouette, Michael Cox, Adolph Davis, Rosemary Davis, Renee Leblanc, David Sanin Paz Genre: Documentary Plot Summary: "Tarnation" is as fiercely personal a self-portrait as can be recalled. Having documented his life since the age of eleven, Jonathan Caouette weaves a psychedelic whirlwind of snapshots, Super-8 movies, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, snippets of '80s pop culture and dramatic reenactments to create an epic portrait of an American family torn apart by dysfunction and reunited through the power of love. The film begins with 31-year-old Caouette learning of his mother's lithium overdose and his trip home to aid in her recovery. Slipping back into the archives of his youth, we watch Caouette grow up on camera, seeking escape from family trauma through musical theater, grade-B horror flicks and the forging of his identity through popular culture. BUDGET:$220 (yes, Two hunderd twenty dollars) (as stated by IMDB and BOM) BOX-OFFICE gross so far:$518,967PROFIT:235,894% (box-office gross in relation to the budget) Profits in comparison (domestic grosses only):The Blair With Project - 234,232% Super Size Me - 17,748% My Big Fat Greek Wedding - $4,829% ____________________________________________________________________________ This must be one of the most-profitable if not THE most profitable film ever made. Heck, each weekend it makes more than its production budget. Seriously, even I could afford a $220 movie. It may not be profitable. Depand on how much Wellspring Media paid to acquire "Tarnation".
For example , "Tadpole" is a $150,000 production that grossed $3.2 million worldwide. But Miramax paid $5 million to acquire this movie, so it is a bomb.
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Chippy
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I wanna get a cut of his profits  _________________trixster wrote: shut the fuck up zwackerm, you're out of your fucking element trixster wrote: chippy is correct
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
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Re: This is how you make a really PROFITABLE movie... mary wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: TarnationStudio: Wellspring Media Director: Jonathan Caouette Cast: Jonathan Caouette, Michael Cox, Adolph Davis, Rosemary Davis, Renee Leblanc, David Sanin Paz Genre: Documentary Plot Summary: "Tarnation" is as fiercely personal a self-portrait as can be recalled. Having documented his life since the age of eleven, Jonathan Caouette weaves a psychedelic whirlwind of snapshots, Super-8 movies, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, snippets of '80s pop culture and dramatic reenactments to create an epic portrait of an American family torn apart by dysfunction and reunited through the power of love. The film begins with 31-year-old Caouette learning of his mother's lithium overdose and his trip home to aid in her recovery. Slipping back into the archives of his youth, we watch Caouette grow up on camera, seeking escape from family trauma through musical theater, grade-B horror flicks and the forging of his identity through popular culture. BUDGET:$220 (yes, Two hunderd twenty dollars) (as stated by IMDB and BOM) BOX-OFFICE gross so far:$518,967PROFIT:235,894% (box-office gross in relation to the budget) Profits in comparison (domestic grosses only):The Blair With Project - 234,232% Super Size Me - 17,748% My Big Fat Greek Wedding - $4,829% ____________________________________________________________________________ This must be one of the most-profitable if not THE most profitable film ever made. Heck, each weekend it makes more than its production budget. Seriously, even I could afford a $220 movie. It may not be profitable. Depand on how much Wellspring Media paid to acquire "Tarnation". For example , "Tadpole" is a $150,000 production that grossed $3.2 million worldwide. But Miramax paid $5 million to acquire this movie, so it is a bomb. But it's not Miramax or any big or famous studio that acquired the right this time around. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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mary
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Re: This is how you make a really PROFITABLE movie... Dr. Lecter wrote: mary wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: TarnationStudio: Wellspring Media Director: Jonathan Caouette Cast: Jonathan Caouette, Michael Cox, Adolph Davis, Rosemary Davis, Renee Leblanc, David Sanin Paz Genre: Documentary Plot Summary: "Tarnation" is as fiercely personal a self-portrait as can be recalled. Having documented his life since the age of eleven, Jonathan Caouette weaves a psychedelic whirlwind of snapshots, Super-8 movies, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, snippets of '80s pop culture and dramatic reenactments to create an epic portrait of an American family torn apart by dysfunction and reunited through the power of love. The film begins with 31-year-old Caouette learning of his mother's lithium overdose and his trip home to aid in her recovery. Slipping back into the archives of his youth, we watch Caouette grow up on camera, seeking escape from family trauma through musical theater, grade-B horror flicks and the forging of his identity through popular culture. BUDGET:$220 (yes, Two hunderd twenty dollars) (as stated by IMDB and BOM) BOX-OFFICE gross so far:$518,967PROFIT:235,894% (box-office gross in relation to the budget) Profits in comparison (domestic grosses only):The Blair With Project - 234,232% Super Size Me - 17,748% My Big Fat Greek Wedding - $4,829% ____________________________________________________________________________ This must be one of the most-profitable if not THE most profitable film ever made. Heck, each weekend it makes more than its production budget. Seriously, even I could afford a $220 movie. It may not be profitable. Depand on how much Wellspring Media paid to acquire "Tarnation". For example , "Tadpole" is a $150,000 production that grossed $3.2 million worldwide. But Miramax paid $5 million to acquire this movie, so it is a bomb. But it's not Miramax or any big or famous studio that acquired the right this time around. You are right, Dr. Lecter.
Wellspring acquired this movie by providing completion financing.
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Algren
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Thats impressive. Has it still got money to make, or is it an old movie?
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Samweis Gamdschie
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BUMP
And it goes on and on and on... 
Weekend Mar 25–31: $8,065
Rank: 84
Theaters: 3
Average: $2,688
Total gross so far: $582,467
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?pa ... nation.htm
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JMorphin
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Dude, it has a 93% at Rottentomatoes, 100% Cream of the Crop 
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tarnation/
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GCC
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What happened to making movies for the art of it?
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BJ
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SFERIC wrote: What happened to making movies for the art of it? hm, Sin City anyone :razz: _________________The Force Awakens
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Michael.
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SFERIC wrote: What happened to making movies for the art of it? Someone hasnt seen CATWOMAN
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Kris K
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..........Or Elektra 
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nghtvsn
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Interesting film creation here, essentially the man has created his own investment vehicle by documenting his life so obsessively. Who wouldn't want to watch the filmed life of someone regardless of how "unimportant" their particular life was?
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