mountaindewslave said:
do you have any idea how many box office bombs Sony Pictures has had in the last few years? I'll clue you in: a lot. And even the films they've had, for the most part, that have had somewhat success have also had hefty budgets that ended up not making them much money Film production companies are not always sa gold mine, its actually a fairly dangerous field because of how high risk bigger titles can be in this day and age. That's why we've seen so many fairly large film companies from 20 years ago sort of disappear (MGM, Lionsgate, etc.) I have a feeling that Sony is not making much (if anything) from their movie division and that quite possibly at this point in time the value really lies in the IPs that they control and the potential money they could get from selling their properties and rights. I mean things like Ghostbusters and Pixels no doubt are majorly red in terms of money and I seriously doubt that Sony can infinitely right off their film losses from taxes or whatever |
I don't think Sony has had as many flops as people think. In this thread, I have heard people say Ghostbusters, Passengers, and Pixels. Only one of those has actually flopped.
Looking at box office, which Sony is going to take home 50% of the ticket sales, shows the real picture.
Passengers - Budget: $110M; Box Office: $270M (so far); Sony's Take: ~$135M (so far)
Pixels - Budget: $88M; Box Office: $249M; Sony's Take: ~$125M
Ghostbusters - Budget: $144M; Box Office: $229M; Sony's Take: ~$115M
Keep in mind that those don't include revenue from home video sales/rentals/streams, and the above budgets don't include marketing. At worse, Passengers and Pixels broke even. However, I think it's safe to assume they at least made Sony some money. Ghostbusters is definitely a big flop.
