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SpokenTruth said:

How does it require double the profit to justify a cost?   

The box office numbers are revenue and not profit.  The movie would need to make $50m more at the box office, which would earn the studio about $25m (the theatres get the rest).  This is also assuming that Will Smith's $50m contract was $25m per film.