Dbe Makes It's Production Budget Back

[saiyanaida]

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[Majin...]

yeah,but fox does not get all that money

 

[craigdbfan]

They need to pay off theaters (around 35-40% of earnings) among other costs . By the way the Budget is $50 million. So it hasn't even made its budget back.

 

[matrix_ghost]

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If differs from contract to contract but the general rule is that to break even a movie must make double it's production budget and P&A. Doesn't matter it that's WW or domestic.
So DB:E still needs to cough up another 45.7 million ( since the advestising numbers aren't avaialable)

 

[Steve Ballmer]

It actually made $51.8 milion so far.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118002583.html?categoryid=19&cs=1

44 m foreign + 7.8 m domestic = 51.8 m.

 

[dodgers2213]

i also heard that to break even it must double at the box office. This movie fails

 

[Steve Ballmer]

i also heard that to break even it must double at the box office. This movie fails

I doubt it's double, that would mean many movies we assumed were blockbusters actually lost money.

 

[craigdbfan]

"On average, the movie's distributor receives more than half of the revenue, with the remainder kept by the movie theater. The split varies from movie to movie, and the percentage for the distributor is generally higher in early weeks. Usually the distributor gets a percentage of the revenue after first deducting a "house allowance" or "house nut". It is also common that the distributor gets either a percentage of the gross revenue, or a higher percentage of the revenue after deducting the nut, whichever is larger"

Well either way Fox hasn't made a profit from this films theatrical run at all. It might be at $51 million but at least 35-50% (depends on the film) go to the theaters pocket. Meaning Fox hasn't made a profit yet. They'll probably brake even with DVD sales and mounting a small amount of profit with future sales (although I doubt many people will buy the DVD judging from the poor reception and viewings).

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

If differs from contract to contract but the general rule is that to break even a movie must make double it's production budget and P&A. Doesn't matter it that's WW or domestic.
So DB:E still needs to cough up another 45.7 million ( since the advestising numbers aren't avaialable)

It does matter a bit. Studios keep roughly half of the domestic gross versus a little over a third of the worldwide gross on average, but generally it is a good guideline to go by that double the budget is what the film needs to break even. This is why studios care more about what the US box office is than what the international box office is.

I doubt it's double, that would mean many movies we assumed were blockbusters actually lost money.

Which ones? Because it is absolutely true. Both Hulk movies are good examples, with each grossing just under double the budget and being considered minor failures because of that. Notice that we aren't getting a third Hulk movie anytime soon.

 

[TheVileOne]

Its cute how delusional the DB fans are.

It's made over $45 million worldwide, a sequel is assured!

 

[hippie_hunter]

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Considering that we have no way of telling what Dragonball: Evolution's actual production budget was (ranging from $45 million to $100 million) along with advertising and cut of the profits with theaters, it certainly hasn't made it's budget back yet.

Also Dragonball: Evolution wasn't distributed by 20th Century Fox in certain areas Poland, the Netherlands, Greece, Finland, etc. so Fox doesn't even get all of the money in the worldwide gross.

 

[matrix_ghost]

Considering that we have no way of telling what Dragonball: Evolution's actual production budget was (ranging from $45 million to $100 million) along with advertising and cut of the profits with theaters, it certainly hasn't made it's budget back yet.

Also Dragonball: Evolution wasn't distributed by 20th Century Fox in certain areas Poland, the Netherlands, Greece, Finland, etc. so Fox doesn't even get all of the money in the worldwide gross.

Yes it was
I clearly saw the 20th century Fox logo when i watched the movie

 

[matrix_ghost]

Its cute how delusional the DB fans are.

It's made over $45 million worldwide, a sequel is assured!

I have no idea what kind of poster saiyanaida is but not every person who posts on movie forums knows how BO stuff works. There are many people who still believe that a movie has made it's budget back when the numbers of the theatrical run equal the budget.

I doubt it's double, that would mean many movies we assumed were blockbusters actually lost money.

It is more or less double.
And read the article i posted in my earlier post. You do have a point that many blockbusters would've technically not made a profit....that is if you're just going by the numbers of the theatrical run. However profits are also made thru dvd sales.

A good example of this is Batman Begins. The movie was made for like 150 million and in the US it made something like 200 million domestic and around 350-370 million WW ( don't know the exact number).
However dvd sales were excellent and WB decided to go forth with the sequel.

 

[Doc_OCK_4MUGEN]

and its taken a month to reach the so called $45 million Budget... (There are also the $50 million Budget and the infamous $100 million budget...) How much did this thing cost!? and it'll most likely need the double of its budget to get a profit...

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

A good example of this is Batman Begins. The movie was made for like 150 million and in the US it made something like 200 million domestic and around 350-370 million WW ( don't know the exact number).
However dvd sales were excellent and WB decided to go forth with the sequel.

Also because WB knew that the box office for Batman Begins was damaged by the failures of Batman & Robin and Catwoman. The big moneymaker was always going to be the one that came out after Batman Begins (assuming Begins actually had good word of mouth, which it did). It takes some time to heal old wounds. If the studio sees $$$ out of a potential sequel, they will make it. Batman Begins gave them enough hope through its reviews and DVD sales to expect that.

The Bourne series was similar, without the baggage. The first film did okay, made a killing on DVD, and then the box office exploded for the sequels.

Don't expect the same for Dragonball Evolution. The reviews and audience responses are terrible. Plus, it didn't do okay at the box office, it did downright awful. Those films don't get sequels.

 

[huzzah]

Awesome! Hopefully any plans for a sequel will be dumped in the garbage bin. t:

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

This thread was rendered mute. Good job guys

 

[Kanon]

No way in hell this movie cost just $50 mil... Didn't we heard that the budget was around 100 mil. back when the movie was due Aug 2008? And then they pushed the date, and spent more money making Piccolo more green and stupid **** like that?

 

[hippie_hunter]

Yes it was
I clearly saw the 20th century Fox logo when i watched the movie

Everything I looked up said that Warner Bros. distributed Dragonball: Evolution in the Netherlands.

EDIT: Upon further research, Warner Bros. did distribute Dragonball: Evolution in the Netherlands. Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox have a deal in place where Warner Bros. distributes 20th Century Fox films in the Netherlands while 20th Century Fox distributes Warner Bros. films in Belgium.

You probably saw the 20th Century Fox logo on it simply because it is well...a 20th Century Fox film and they're the ones who made it.

 

[TheVileOne]

The Bourne Identity still made over $120 million in the US.

Listen, with this kind of BO, terrible reviews and reception, how can fans honestly think that Fox will actually get behind a sequel?

 

[xwolverine2]

im surprised it actually eveb made it to 20mil.

 

[Antrax255]

This movie had to been made for at least 25 million they shot the entire thing in Mexico no real big name stars for salary effects were on the line of a video game.

 

[Kanon]

You know, a friend, after watching it, is convinced that this movie is a money laundering scam...

 

[TheVileOne]

Well you know what. This was a movie rushed into production during the strike. I think that has a lot to do with how it looks.

 

[DorkyFresh]

even if this movie hadn't been impacted by the writer's strike....i can't imagine that it would be much better. they simply hired the Wong guy for the job.