Company Town Film Profit Report

This 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. Typical industry marketing costs are factored into this profit analysis, as is the relative strength of specific film genres in foreign markets. Results for the weekend of Dec. 10-12:

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“The Green Mile” should be a major profit maker for Warner Bros. and Castle Rock. Star Tom Hanks’ involvement promises to attract major audiences here and abroad. The modestly budgeted “Deuce Bigalow” should give Disney its second profitable film of the holiday season.

$$Mega-Moneymakers

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Proj Box- Est US box-office office cost, in receipts, Movie title Studio rank millions in millions The Sixth Sense Buena Vista 12 $40 $278 Toy Story 2 Buena Vista 1 80 250 The World Is Not Enough MGM 4 110 130 The Green Mile Warner Bros. 2 64 125 Pokemon: The Movie Warner Bros. 9 8 90

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$Moneymakers

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Proj Box- Est US box-office office cost, in receipts, Movie title Studio rank millions in millions Sleepy Hollow Paramount 6 $70 $100 The Bone Collector Universal/Sony 7 48 65 Deuce Bigalow Buena Vista 3 18 40 Dogma Lion’s Gate 8 11

Movie title Sleepy Hollow The Bone Collector Deuce Bigalow Dogma 30

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?Tossups

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Proj Box- Est US box-office office cost, in receipts, Movie title Studio rank millions in millions End of Days Universal 5 $85 $75 Being John Malkovich USA 10 13 18

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Money Losers

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Proj Box- Est US box-office office cost, in receipts, Movie title Studio rank millions in millions Anywhere but Here Fox 11 $23 $19

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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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