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 release. Typical industry marketing costs are factored into this profit analysis. Results for the weekend of Aug. 11-13:

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n Although both “Bless the Child” and “Autumn in New York” seem unlikely to make a profit, Paramount and MGM, respectively, will do just fine, each having ponied up only about 30 % of the budget in return for domestic rights.

$$Mega-Moneymakers ($50 million or more in profit)

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Projected Box- Estimated U.S. box-office office cost, in receipts, Movie title Studio rank millions in millions Scary Movie Dimension 11 $19 $150 X-Men Fox 9 75 150

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$ Moneymakers ($10 million or more in profit)

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Box- Estimated office cost, in Movie title Studio rank millions The Perfect Storm Warner Bros. 10 $120 What Lies Beneath DreamWorks/Fox 6 100 The Nutty Professor II Universal 5 84 Coyote Ugly Buena Vista 8 45

Projected U.S. box-office receipts, Movie title in millions The Perfect Storm $180 What Lies Beneath 135 The Nutty Professor II 125 Coyote Ugly 55

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?Tossups ($5 million in profit or loss)

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Projected Box- Estimated U.S. box-office office cost, in receipts, Movie title Studio rank millions in millions Hollow Man Sony 1 $95 $85 Space Cowboys Warner Bros. 2 65 70 Disney’s The Kid Buena Vista 12 65 65

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Losers (more than $5 million in loss)

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Projected Box- Estimated U.S. box-office office cost, in receipts, Movie title Studio rank millions in millions The Replacements Warner Bros. 4 $50 $33 Autumn in New York MGM 3 40 33 Bless the Child Paramount 7 40 22

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

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