Sony to Receive 150 Million Dollars from Sale of its Square Enix Shares

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kowenicki said:

Conina said:

kowenicki said:

They are industry figures.  Not mine.  it shows that they made a loss on avearge on all the spiderman movies at the cinema.  The profit later from Bluray sales/dvd etc is unknown.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_%282002_film%29

"Spider-Man was a major commercial success"

"Spider-Man became the highest-grossing superhero film of all time at the time of its release. It was eventually outgrossed in 2007 by Spider-Man 3."

"The film's U.S. television rights (Fox, TBS/TNT) were sold for $60 million. Related gross toy sales were $109 million. Its U.S. DVD revenue as of July 2004 stands at $338.8 million. Its U.S. VHS revenue as of July 2004 is $89.2 million."

And that are only the US numbers up to 2004, they sold the television rights in many other countries and sold DVDs, Blu-rays and even VHS-tapes in many other countries and several Blu-ray-versions in the US.

Thanks.  Just shows how important correct merchandising of the movies, post cinema, is crucial.

True words. These days, it is a major, major source of profit. The cinematic release attempts to pay off the production and marketing, maybe make some profit, and build a fan base, and everything else is where they really rake in the bucks.