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Acevil on 29 March 2016
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Lawlight said:
V-r0cK said:

We're on a website that deals with sales and we also discuss about the legs of sales where this is the is an exact scenario of a game sales so thought I'd just share this.

What would happen if a huge game like CoD had an amazing first week then from then on sales plummet like crazy.  What would that tell you about the game or gamers revolving around that game?  You still don't think that would mean anything?  BvS may have passed most of other other superhero movies opening gross but if that article indicates a pattern of huge sales drop then BvS may not even make it to $1B lifetime.  I'm no expert that's why im looking forward to see next week's sales to see how true that article is.

If you want to defend the BvS movie then fine but dont shoot the messenger.

If CoD plummeted, it still wouldn't mean anything if the game ultimately sold a lot.

Just want to tell you, that the revenue over budget does not equal profit. These other factors that you do not seem to be aware of Marketing, Interest, Talent, Overhead and many more. Just want you to be aware, that at 420 million, the movie would not be considered profitable. However I am not saying it won't be profitable, I am just saying due various factors you do not know, and I can tell you based on movie this size, it would not be profitable yet. If you want to see breakdown of other films, I can showcase how things like Amazing Spiderman 2, was almost commercial flop. 

If I knew how much some of the talents were paid, and marketing budget, I can create a spread sheet to break down. However the budget of a movie is typically 40-50% of total cost (bigger franchises, the % number might get lower than 40%).