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. and Canadian returns (about 55% of gross) represent only 20% of a film’s final revenue, which includes overseas theatrical, video and TV income. The industry marketing average of $30 million per film is factored into these profit equations, as is the relative strength of specific film genres in foreign markets. Results for the weekend of April 27-29:

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Highlights:

* “Town & Country” is the year’s second major total write-off (the first being Fox’s “Monkeybone”).

* “Driven,” which Warner Bros. is distributing for a fee, represents another Franchise Pictures film that is failing in the domestic market, with foreign deals and pre-sales covering only some of the budget.

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$$ 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 Spy Kids Dimension 3 $35 $110

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$ Moneymakers ($10 million or more in profit)

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Box- Estimated office cost, in Movie title Studio rank millions Along Came a Spider Paramount 4 28 Bridget Jones’s Diary Miramax/Universal 2 26 Blow New Line 6 36 Joe Dirt Sony 9 16 Kingdom Come Fox Searchlight 12 7

Projected U.S. box-office* receipts,* Movie title in millions Along Came a Spider $65 Bridget Jones’s Diary 50 Blow 46 Joe Dirt 28 Kingdom Come 24

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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 Crocodile Dundee in L.A. Paramount 5 $25 $22 Freddy Got Fingered Fox 10 15 15 Forsaken Sony 8 5 11

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Losers (more than $5 million)

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Projected Box- Estimated U.S. box-office* office cost, in receipts,* Movie title Studio rank millions in millions Driven Warner Bros. 1 $78 $28 Town & Country New Line 7 90 7 One Night at McCool’s USA 11 15 5

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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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