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<blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 9042330" data-attributes="member: 6716779">What the poster above said. They only get a % of the box office. Most in domestic, less overseas and least in China. Also varies by time early in the movies run the studio gets more latter theatres get a larger %.&nbsp; HAT had superbowl ads apparently so wasn't done on the cheap but probably cost 50-100 million.&nbsp;SoCost of production 150 million (151 iirc)Marketing&nbsp; 50-100 million. TotalIncome210 million approxTheatres cut (approx) 105 million&nbsp;105 million to the studio.200-250 million total cost 105 million at the box office.&nbsp;Another approximation (if marketing budget is unknown) is multiply the production cost by 2.5 for a movie to be a hit. That covers the theatres cut. Then it's assumed the back end covers the marketing budget.&nbsp;If the movie overperforms a lot domestically the 2.5 can be lowered to X2, if it overperforms by a lot internationally X3.&nbsp;If the marketing budget is known its production costs+marketing X2 for approximate amount.&nbsp;It's an approximation and doesn't work on low budget movies and isn't that accurate but if a movie doesn't even come close to X2 it's budget at the BO it's generally reported as a flop.&nbsp;If it doesn't make its budget it's often a bomb.HAT didn't get close to 300 million with various estimates I've seen for its break even point being around 375 million and up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zardnaar, post: 9042330, member: 6716779"] What the poster above said. They only get a % of the box office. Most in domestic, less overseas and least in China. Also varies by time early in the movies run the studio gets more latter theatres get a larger %. HAT had superbowl ads apparently so wasn't done on the cheap but probably cost 50-100 million. So Cost of production 150 million (151 iirc) Marketing 50-100 million. Total Income 210 million approx Theatres cut (approx) 105 million 105 million to the studio. 200-250 million total cost 105 million at the box office. Another approximation (if marketing budget is unknown) is multiply the production cost by 2.5 for a movie to be a hit. That covers the theatres cut. Then it's assumed the back end covers the marketing budget. If the movie overperforms a lot domestically the 2.5 can be lowered to X2, if it overperforms by a lot internationally X3. If the marketing budget is known its production costs+marketing X2 for approximate amount. It's an approximation and doesn't work on low budget movies and isn't that accurate but if a movie doesn't even come close to X2 it's budget at the BO it's generally reported as a flop. If it doesn't make its budget it's often a bomb. HAT didn't get close to 300 million with various estimates I've seen for its break even point being around 375 million and up. [/QUOTE]

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