Company Town Film Profit Report

The report is based on projections of total U.S. box-office gross from a consensus of industry sources and studio financial models. The U.S. returns represent only 20% of a film’s final revenue, which includes income from video, TV and overseas theatrical. The industry marketing average of $30 million per film is factored into these profit equations, as is the relative strength of specific film genres in foreign markets. Results for the weekend of April 23-25:

Neither “Lost and Found” nor the more costly “Pushing Tin” have much of a chance of breaking even.

$$ Mega-Moneymakers

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Projected Box- Estimated U.S. box-office office cost, in receipts, Movie title Studio rank millions in millions Shakespeare in Love Miramax 12 $42 $98 Matrix Warner Bros. 1 62 150

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$ Moneymakers

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Projected Box- Estimated U.S. box-office office cost, in receipts, Movie title Studio rank millions in millions Analyze This Warner Bros. 5 45 100 10 Things I Hate ... Buena Vista 7 13 35 Never Been Kissed Fox 3 22 45

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? Tossups

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Projected Box- Estimated U.S. box-office office cost, in receipts, Movie title Studio rank millions in millions Forces of Nature DreamWorks SKG 10 43 52 Go Sony 8 7 15 Cookie’s Fortune October 11 8 12 Life Universal 2 55 62

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Money Losers

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Projected Box- Estimated U.S. box-office office cost, in receipts, Movie title Studio rank millions in millions The Out of Towners Paramount 9 40 28 Lost and Found Warner Bros. 6 14 9 Pushing Tin Fox 4 32 10

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Notes: Cost estimates are for production only. Only half of box-office receipts come back to the studio.

Researched by RICHARD NATALE

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