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. 25-27:

Highlights:

* “Bring It On” will be a surprise profit maker for Universal. “The Art of War” will not break even. Neither will “The Crew,” though Disney has only $9 million invested in the film. “Hollow Man” appears to have enough mileage to break even, but “Space Cowboys” should hang on long enough to clear a minor profit.

$Moneymakers ($10 million or more in profit)

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Box- Estimated office cost, in Movie title Studio rank millions What Lies Beneath DreamWorks/Fox 6 $100 The Nutty Professor II Universal 9 84 Space Cowboys Warner Bros. 4 65 Coyote Ugly Buena Vista 11 45 The Cell New Line 3 33 Bring It On Universal 1 10 The Original Kings.... Paramount 5 3

Projected U.S. box-office receipts, Movie title in millions What Lies Beneath $142 The Nutty Professor II 120 Space Cowboys 85 Coyote Ugly 55 The Cell 55 Bring It On 40 The Original Kings.... 33

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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 Hollow Man Sony 12 $95 $75 The Replacements Warner Bros. 8 50 38 Autumn in New York MGM 10 40 32 The Art of War Warner Bros. 2 40 28 The Crew Disney 7 23 12

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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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