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foodfather said:

spurgeonryan said:

 

Well 100 million would technically do it, but they only get 55 percent back from ticket sales. Now we are talking juat breaking even with no marketing included. Once you add that in things get more expensive.

 

Depending on the part of the world, its higher than 55%, which is why in the UK, cinema chains often increased ticket prices on big movies so they get a bigger piece of the pie. UK gross to the studio is most likely closer to 70%. 

That 50% myth is ancient news. Its not like that anymore. 

 

The 40% I had used before he says higher numbers comes from world wide, full runs. Studios do get more in some places, and get higher percentage in the early weeks, but as the weeks go by the theaters get more and more. I read an article a few years back that cited regal theaters kept 48.2% in 2011. That would leave 51.8 for the studios and distributes. While that it's one theater chain they are large and had made 1.8 billion I in total ticket sales that year.  

 

And actually studios used to get much more and held far more power but got busted in an antitrust case in 1948