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KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#926: Feb 1st 2017 at 11:40:59 AM

JL is a superhero ensemble film, that alone makes it uncertain just how successful it will be. MOS made 700 million and BVS made 850 million, Suicide Squad made 750 million. All that is not disappointments, but just not quite as massive as hoped because the films themselves are divisive. It's evident that audiences like and want more of these characters, so that is where WB is in a tight spot. I can imagine a number of people will change their tone if WW and JL get even a modest 65% rotten tomatoes score.

Halberdier17 We Are With You Zack Snyder from Western Pennsylvania Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
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#927: Feb 21st 2017 at 7:17:12 AM

Studio by Studio profitability ranking

Disney and Time Warner are Number 1 and Number 2. Disney won out in terms of Profits but Time Warner had more Revenue.

Sony and Viacom are at the bottom.

Sorry if this doesn't belong here; I figured this was the best place for it because it deals with how well each company did in 2016.

edited 21st Feb '17 7:18:37 AM by Halberdier17

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Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
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#928: Feb 21st 2017 at 7:23:27 AM

[up] Is that just for Disney's films or The Walt Disney Company as a whole? I'd assume the former, but since they're comparing it to Time Warner, NBCUniversal & Viacom (as opposed to WB, Universal & Paramount), I'm not sure.

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Halberdier17 We Are With You Zack Snyder from Western Pennsylvania Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
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#929: Feb 21st 2017 at 7:29:18 AM

[up]I think it is just the films division.

Disney is the only company that didn't list for their whole company as opposed to all the other companies.

[down]I saw that after I made this post. I didn't edit it for some reason.

edited 21st Feb '17 8:00:06 AM by Halberdier17

Batman Ninja more like Batman's Bizarre Adventure
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#931: Feb 21st 2017 at 8:53:10 AM

Edit: Never mind.....

Anyway, Sony might be low now and there are rumors that the studio might get sold but I guess they will do better this year. Spider-man should be a sure winner.

edited 21st Feb '17 8:58:05 AM by Swanpride

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#932: Feb 21st 2017 at 1:53:33 PM

What's the difference between profits and revenue?

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Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
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#933: Feb 21st 2017 at 1:55:11 PM

[up] Revenue is all the money the company receives. The profit is what's left of the revenue after you subtract expenses. If a movie costs $150 million to make & generates $500 million in revenue, it makes a $350 million profit.

edited 21st Feb '17 1:58:56 PM by Spinosegnosaurus77

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DeadlyAssassin Last of the Stellarians from Helsinki Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#934: Feb 21st 2017 at 2:10:09 PM

I.e. of 2016 releases, Rogue One probably created most revenue but Secret Life of Pets probably made most profit.

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#935: Feb 21st 2017 at 2:49:38 PM

Probably....Deadpool is another of those heavy hitters in terms of actual profit.

Warner Bros had some really high grossing movies last year, but also very expensive ones.

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
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#936: Feb 21st 2017 at 3:00:35 PM

Rogue One & Civil War had higher profits than Pets & Deadpool (if we look at worldwide grosses) but lower profit margins.

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BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#937: Feb 21st 2017 at 3:02:06 PM

Ok, gotcha. smile

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Galadriel Since: Feb, 2015
#938: Feb 21st 2017 at 3:14:40 PM

Hidden Figures doesn't have one of the largest revenues, but it's got an amazing profit margin ($145 mil and counting, on a production budget of $25 mil).

edited 21st Feb '17 3:15:03 PM by Galadriel

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
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#939: Feb 21st 2017 at 3:18:08 PM

[up][up] One more term you should know: the profit margin is the revenue divided by the expenses.

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KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#940: Feb 21st 2017 at 4:32:57 PM

I think it was Paramount in the late 90's that developed a strategy to maximize profit margin, insisting on keeping budgets around the 75 million range and making more movies. Their profit margin was slightly better but they quickly saw diminishing revenue because they didn't have the raw box office. Studios built themselves around the blockbusters which allow them to make the more experimental films that will likely lose money on. Without the blockbusters revenue every film became a big concern, and they returned to that strategy after a few years.

Split has made over 125 million domestically on a 9-10 million budget. That trumps even Deadpool on profit margin, which relied on an extensive social media ad campaign. Split was almost pure word of mouth, a screening at the AFI festival in September got a lot of buzz and is one reason I was interested in seeing it.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#941: Feb 26th 2017 at 8:52:36 AM

Get Out looks to be a surprise hit this weekend with around 30 million, making it #1. Also only cost 5 million to make.

This is shaping up to be a pretty good film for horror films.

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
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#942: Mar 6th 2017 at 4:21:27 PM

Logan had the best opening of the year so far with $88 million.

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#943: Mar 7th 2017 at 12:44:06 PM

I wonder if it gets the chance to be #1 of the year at least for a week?

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#944: Mar 7th 2017 at 1:25:17 PM

This months is packed with Blockbusters which will take away from each others box-office.

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
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#945: Mar 7th 2017 at 1:31:38 PM

[up] So is the rest of the year, for that matter.

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#946: Mar 7th 2017 at 1:50:52 PM

[up] Not THAT packed...there is a highly prolific release coming every week, later on there is at least one week pause inbetween and the August is still very empty. But the March? Apparently a lot of studios want to be first out of the Gate. It will be interesting to see what ends up getting trampled. My money is on Ghost in the Shell and Kong.

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#948: Mar 7th 2017 at 1:58:20 PM

[up] I don't even have Chips on the list of potentially blockbuster.

XanderCrews Since: Oct, 2010
#949: Mar 7th 2017 at 2:15:36 PM

[up][up][up]Given there are THREE Marvel movies and Stars Wars Ep-VIII coming out this year, I don't blame the studios for wanting to get their tentpoles out ASAP.

edited 7th Mar '17 2:15:58 PM by XanderCrews

KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#950: Mar 8th 2017 at 9:52:52 AM

It's going to need some really long legs, Kong is going to cut into it this week and at the moment, believe it or not, both Fifty Shades Darker and XXX are over 100 million more worldwide. Part of the success of Deadpool was the lack of competition for several weeks, the only major release was Batman v Superman 6 weeks later.


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