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 July 7-9:

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

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Box- Estimated office cost, in Movie title Studio rank millions Mission: Impossible 2 Paramount 11 $100 Gladiator DreamWorks/Univ. 12 107 Scary Movie Dimension 1 19 Big Momma’s House Fox 8 33 Chicken Run Dreamworks SKG 5 45

Projected U.S. box-office receipts, Movie title in millions Mission: Impossible 2 $210 Gladiator 180 Scary Movie 125 Big Momma’s House 115 Chicken Run 90

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$Moneymakers ($10 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 The Perfect Storm Warner Bros. 2 $120 $180 Me, Myself & Irene Fox 6 51 90 Shaft Paramount 7 46

Movie title The Perfect Storm Me, Myself & Irene Shaft 72

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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 The Patriot Sony 3 $110 $110 Gone in 60 Seconds Buena Vista 10 90 95

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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 Disney’s The Kid Buena Vista 4 $65 $45 Rocky and Bullwinkle Universal 9 $76 $23

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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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