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

Jan. 26-28:

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Highlights:

* Sony Pictures co-financed “The Wedding Planner” with Intermedia in return for domestic rights and should clear a healthy profit.

* “Sugar & Spice” will make a few dollars based on its modest budget.

$$ 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 Cast Away Fox/DreamWorks 3 $90 $210 What Women Want Paramount 9 65 180 Miss Congeniality Warner Bros. 10 45 105 Save the Last Dance Paramount 2 13 85 Crouching Tiger Sony Classics 6 15 75

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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 Traffic USA 4 $50 $75 The Wedding Planner Sony 1 28 40 Snatch Screen Gems 7 10 25

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? Toss-ups ($5 million or more in profit/loss)

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Projected Box- Estimated U.S. box-office* office cost, in receipts,* Movie title Studio rank millions in millions Finding Forrester Sony 8 $43 $45 Sugar & Spice New Line 5 11 16

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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 Thirteen Days New Line 12 $85 $33

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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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