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 Highlights:

* USA stands to make a tidy profit on its “Traffic” investment, having advanced 25% of the budget in return for domestic rights.lease. Typical industry marketing costs are factored into this profit analysis. Results for the weekend of Jan. 5-7:

$$ 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 The Grinch Universal 11 $123 $265 Cast Away Fox/DreamWorks 1 90 200 What Women Want Paramount 2 65 175

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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 Miss Congeniality Warner Bros. 4 $45 $95 The Family Man Universal 5 60 72 Traffic USA 3 50 60 Crouching Tiger ... Sony Classics 10 15 60 Dude, Where’s My Car? Fox 9 13 45

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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 Emperor’s New Groove Disney 6 $100 $80 Vertical Limit Sony 7 75 70 Wes Craven’s ... Dracula ... Miramax 8 37 34

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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 All the Pretty Horses Miramax/Sony 12 45 20

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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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