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 14-16:

Highlights:

n The huge debut of “X-Men” probably means it will be a very profitable movie for 20th Century Fox and also become a monster franchise.

$$ 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 Mission: Impossible 2 Paramount 12 $100 $210 X-Men Fox 1 75 175 Scary Movie Dimension 2 19 140 Big Momma’s House Fox 8 33 115 Chicken Run Dreamworks SKG 6 45 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. 3 $120 $180 Me, Myself and Irene Fox 7 51 90 Shaft Paramount 10 46 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 4 $110 $110 Gone in 60 Seconds Buena Vista 9 90 95 Disney’s The Kid Buena Vista 4 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 Rocky and Bullwinkle Universal 12 $76 $25

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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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