Every place I look, production cost + marketing PR cost = 2*production cost.
Nothing indicates that this movie spent a ton of marketing money relative to its production budget and other films.
It's break even point is $200 million unless you can provide a citation that contradicts everything else I've posted.
Also, if this movie barely broke even after making $340 million, that's a massive problem and it would be one of the most poorly budgeted movies of all time.
^ Jeez Dude even Golgo knows it took massively more than $200mill to break even. Close to $300mill according to Golgos source. (Cant remember if it was variety or Forbes now).
Doubling the budget would work if it made all of its money domestically where theatres only take around a third of box office. But they take more internationally, and take a lot more in China.
So how much its domestically to international ratio is also important. But a Prudent rule of thumb is to double the Production + Marketing cost. You cant just double production cost and ignore marketing, especially not with superhero films, which are well known for spending an excessive amount on marketing.
Not really. Thats a pretty low number to reach for superhero films. And after Hom entertainment sales, it will make some profit, even if it barely breaks even at the box office.
Any profit (especially with great reviews), justifies a sequel.
Last edited by Darth Thor on May 1st, 2019 at 06:12 AM
Who cares if its losing money, making money, or breaking even? Lets all just admit that it was hardly the arousing success that most superhero flicks are and move on from there.
Do you think the studios make more money than they did 10 years ago off home video sales? It's gotta be cheaper for them being they don't have to pay for the production materials in a DVD/Blu-Ray disc and case.
Phsyical media sales are going down every year with digital being the next big thing.
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Just depends on the movie. Most movies don't do as well as you pointed out. Something like Man of Steel made a bucket load of profit off of DVD/Blue Ray sales.
No idea. They will probably go ahead with another low budget sequel, then increase the budget if The Rock ever comes along. But for now its still all talk.
Yeah same.
Even NOW, theyve said nothing official on when BA starts. I think if Shazam made more money, it could have pushed that along faster.
Last edited by Darth Thor on May 2nd, 2019 at 07:09 AM
I'd think BA comes out next to complete the origin story, then the sequel to SHAZAM, which features Mr. Mind, then SHAZAM 3 to include Black Adam. That's how I see it, anyway.
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