Total Movie Budget?

Hermitism
Hermitism Posts: 4,320
edited November 2013 in Music & Movies
Opening Weekend: $9,885,732
Total Domestic Gross: $21,599,746 [est.]
Worldwide Gross: $49,699,746 [est.]
Total Budget: $85,000,000

When the total budget is listed for a movie, does that include what was spent on advertising, or is that just what it costs to make the movie?
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited November 2013
    Probably creative accounting. I have read a couple of times where movie studios have claimed a loss when a movie has made hundreds of millions more than the advertised budget. This always seems to happen when directors, actors, etc. ask for a bigger cut of the profits.
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,320
    edited November 2013
    I always read the box office reports www.boxoffice.com every Sunday and if advertising isn't included, a lot of these movies aren't breaking even until they get revenue from dvds/blu-rays. The above numbers are from Escape Plan. This is it's third week at the theaters and it's currently #10 at the box office. Even with DVDs and Blu-rays, I don't see it coming anywhere close to breaking even if those numbers are accurate. I think actors should ONLY get a percentage of the movie's profits. If the movie fails, then they don't get paid.

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  • StantonZ
    StantonZ Posts: 452
    edited November 2013
    The real answer lies somewhere between the two previous posts.
    Typically, the stated movie budget (posted publicly) includes an estimate of everything needed to make the actual movie: production costs, talent acquisition, etc.; NOT advertising (which can go on and on), DVD sales (which can help depending on popularity), back end bonuses (including actors/producers), etc.
    The creative accounting comes in AFTER everything is "booked" on the movie, which can greatly affect what the studio reports as a profit or loss (and pays taxes accordingly).
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