How much is riding on this film for the future?

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Source, please.

Gladly,

http://www.**************.com/fansites/Poniverse/news/?a=17143

[SIZE=2.5]The budget for the film is well over $200 million US, before taking into account Louisiana tax incentives for production. This sum also includes advertising cost. [/SIZE]

This does include advertising though. Normally I wouldn't believe CBM, but this is a set visit by Poni, who was the most reliable source on the site before he left.

 

[dnno1]

The dark knight had a budget of 185 Million I believe, I doubt they are giving GL less money than that. With the tax incentives they got in NOLA the budget could very well be 150 million and that would be a positive for the movie because with all things how well it does is going to be measured against its budget. Besides, I dont think we ever know the true budget of these movies but at the end of it all of them probably turn a profit or else almost all the studios would be bankrupt.

Keep in mind that film was a sequel to "Batman Begins", which had a budget of $150 million. The Nolan/Batman franchise had already proven itself before TDK, hence it was worth the risk of a larger investment. I wouldn't expect an unproven first time film to have a budget of $200 million. Sorry, but that is quite risky based on historical budgets.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Don't forget both Nolbat films and Inception came in under budget.

 

[dnno1]

Don't forget both Nolbat films and Inception came in under budget.

That's just a sign of a good director.

 

[solidsnake86]

Keep in mind that film was a sequel to "Batman Begins", which had a budget of $150 million. The Nolan/Batman franchise had already proven itself before TDK, hence it was worth the risk of a larger investment. I wouldn't expect an unproven first time film to have a budget of $200 million. Sorry, but that is quite risky based on historical budgets.

Considering batman begins made 200 and some odd million I would say thats just as risky, and no one could have predicted the dark knight.

 

[dnno1]

Considering batman begins made 200 and some odd million I would say thats just as risky, and no one could have predicted the dark knight.

Te domestic take was about $205 million, but the world wide gross was over $370 million (according to WorldWideBoxoffice.com). It still made a profit and that's what counts to the studios.

 

[solidsnake86]

^just like superman returns right?

 

[dnno1]

Gladly,

http://www.**************.com/fansites/Poniverse/news/?a=17143



This does include advertising though. Normally I wouldn't believe CBM, but this is a set visit by Poni, who was the most reliable source on the site before he left.

Ok, I will accept that, but keep in mind that it all depends on where you do your filming. Because the Louisiana film industry gives a tax incentive of up to 35% on the money spent or invested on a film project within their state (that's 30% film tax credit plus an additional 5% labor credit), you could spend almost $230 million on a film and it would seem like you would have spent $150 million after the tax credits. The key here is that if there were no tax incentives, they would not be spending over $200 million on the film.