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FaRmLaNd on 20 December 2009
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Boutros said:
FaRmLaNd said:
Boutros said:
FaRmLaNd said:

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=avatar.htm

Avatars opening is the highest ever for a new property I believe. And with the good reviews and presumably good word of mouth plus the fact its skewing heavily towards 3d cinemas, it should have great legs aswell.

Plus the film also has Italy, Poland, China, Uruguay and Japan still to open in.

Its looking like the most expensive movie ever made might actually make a profit afterall.

Avatar is not the most expensive movie ever made.

And did someone really believed it would flop?

Whats the most expensive movie ever made?

With a budget of 280 million USD (thats taking into account tax offsets from New Zealand, the budget before that was like 320 million) plus 150 million advertising budget. Thus its overall budget was somewhere around 430 million USD. Which means its going to need to make a lot of money to break even (say 800 to 900 million or so depending on where it grosses the most). So its very much in danger of not making a profit at the box office. Obviously DVD/BR/games/sountrack/toys and television rights will make it profitable. Its never been a foregone conclusion that it would make a profit however.

You can't count advertisment in a movie budget. The publicity does not make it a better movie.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End had a budget of $300 million without advertisment and Avatar has a budget of $237 million without advertisment.

It doesn't make it a better movie yes but nevertheless advertising is costly and thus it still needs to not only make back the production budget but also the advertising budget to make a profit.