Uncut Gems-

I never knew Adam Sandler had it in him to play a non-comedic role, and he pulled it off wonderfully well. I could feel the waves of assholeness flowing off my laptop screen. The movie in itself is also very relatable because there is a bit of Howard Ratner in everyone. There is a secret bad habit, a weakness in varying degrees which almost everyone is struggling with and if not dealt with can lead us to places we would rather not be. In this movie, dare I posit the opal was jinxed? Blood jewels, seeing as the blood of the miner was flowing when the opal was mined? The producers left it open for debate.

This is a stellar performance from Sandler.

Jojo Rabbit-

A brilliant movie with a wonderful performance from that little boy. The child is a natural. He is so comfortable in front of the camera and I wasn't a bit surprised when I read his father is a cinematographer so he is used to being around cameras. This movie a view of war from the POV of a ten year old boy, a heavy satire focusing on the dangers of propaganda and hatred delivered in a very light hearted, funny way that is both able to simultaneously amuse and horrify.

It is deserving of the Oscar nomination, and if Parasite hadn't won then I can bet this movie would have. Very brilliant and powerful movie.

My fellow movie lovers help me recommend a heart racing thriller movie like READY OR NOT, DON'T BREATHE, please guys do your thing.

ROYAL SHUTDOWN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bjxnFnjdkc

This movie is a tight package of great performance aimed for an unforgettable experience. After building an undying love, dreams and her whole world round the only man she has ever loved and hopes to spend the rest of her life with, a young beautiful girl is yet to realise that everything she has sacrificed and worked for love would only create a path of pain and anguish for her after unimaginable incidence took place which lead her in making some wrong decision and also a path to her desired end. not even knowing where her true love is coming from! this movie is tied round hatred,betrayal , greediness , pride ... a master shoot movie that will keep you watching.

Birds of prey budget was 84 million dollars and so far it has grossed 82 million dollars , can someone explain to me why it needs 250 to 300 million dollars to break even instead of just 2 million dollars

urahara:
Birds of prey budget was 84 million dollars and so far it has grossed 82 million dollars , can someone explain to me why it needs 250 to 300 million dollars to break even instead of just 2 million dollars

I still wonder why they're calling it a flop. From the look of things it might even make more than the budget money.

Mehn, so there won't be anymore of Donnie Yen's IP man. Let me just go and download everything again to console myself.

SalomonKane:
I still wonder why they're calling it a flop. From the look of things it might even make more than the budget money.

I'm wondering too.

urahara:


I'm wondering too.

well I guess anything is possible when haters of Margot Robbie and DC converge to spread their bile and anger.

I remember one of them sometime last year saying he wants the movie to flop because they 'sexualize' Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn). Imagine the nonsense.

I'm sure that individual won't bat an eyelid if Margot Robbie twerks for him to wank_ on.

SalomonKane:
well I guess anything is possible when haters of Margot Robbie and DC converge to spread their bile and anger.

I remember one of them sometime last year saying he wants the movie to flop because they 'sexualize' Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn). Imagine the nonsense.

I'm sure that individual won't bat an eyelid if Margot Robbie twerks for him to wank_ on.

With her pancake yansh?

kendrick93:
With her pancake yansh?

bla bla bla.

I think it is time I downloaded IP Man. It seems to be interesting.

I Lost My Body-

The beginning creeped me out and it got progressively weirder, but at the same time it so arresting. I have never seen an animated movie so creepy albeit intriguing, and very...fascinating. The protagonist is so dreamy, which I can so totally relate to, and also tragic. This movie is a fantasy in all totality. It is a movie of physical and emotional loss, and how the mind works in very strange ways.

The story is grim, macabre, creative and very original.

9/10



SPOILER ALERT:

One of the themes is the experience of Phantom limbs. This is the sensation that an amputee experiences that an amputated limb is still attached, so the writer is thinking: what would happen if a limb that has been amputated goes looking for the owner? It lost it's body, so it goes looking for the owner. When it finds the owner it tries to reattach itself to the body, but we know it's not possible. The writer created a tragic back story for an amputated limb using flashbacks to narrate the protagonist's pathetic life and his physical, as well as his emotional losses. Loses parents, potential girlfriend, then his hand. The hand goes back to find him, and I am pretty sure in his dreams he feels his hand is still attached, which in a way it is. The producers kept giving clues to the identity of the hand owner throughout the movie: little symbols and articles scattered all over the story that is very easy to miss.

The story is DARK and very fantastical.

9/10

urahara:
Birds of prey budget was 84 million dollars and so far it has grossed 82 million dollars , can someone explain to me why it needs 250 to 300 million dollars to break even instead of just 2 million dollars

They don’t add money for promotions to the budget, so while the production cost might be $84m an additional $100m might have been used for advertising it

Nickshrapnel:
They don’t add money for promotions to the budget, so while the production cost might be $84m an additional $100m might have been used for advertising it

Mad o

urahara:
Birds of prey budget was 84 million dollars and so far it has grossed 82 million dollars , can someone explain to me why it needs 250 to 300 million dollars to break even instead of just 2 million dollars

That's not how it works. Here's what you should know. Break even point, a point where income equals expenditure.

Production budget for birds of prey was 84million. Note, this doesn't include marketing cost. Most times, marketing cost is half of production cost. Then for some very few movies, marketing cost goes far beyond half of the production cost. But bare in mind that marketing cost isn't part of the production cost & most times, it's half of the production cost.

Total Budget(production + marketing): $126(84+42) million.
Theaters & cinemas have a cut for every individual ticket sold. Note, we have 3 regions which makes up the total gross for the box office revenue.
For Assumption sake, here's the maths
Domestic Gross: Bear in mind that studio keeps about 50% of the price of the individual tickets sold, while cinema keeps the other half.

International Gross: Studio keeps about 40% of the price of the ticket sold, while cinema keeps 60%

China Gross: Studio keep 25%, while the cinema keep a whopping 75% of individual ticket sale.
So for a movie to break even, it has to make double of it's production cost.
That 82million dollars in revenue you see far for birds of prey, isn't the actual revenue, because the 3 aforementioned regions haven't collected theirs. When they are done collecting theirs, if what is left isn't up to 126 million dollar, then you're making a loss. So to break even, you should make twice your total budget, which should be between 250-300million.

mekaprime:



That's not how it works. Here's what you should know. Break even point, a point where income equals expenditure.

Production budget for birds of prey was 84million. Note, this doesn't include marketing cost. Most times, marketing cost is half of production cost. Then for some very few movies, marketing cost goes far beyond half of the production cost. But bare in mind that marketing cost isn't part of the production cost & most times, it's half of the production cost.

Total Budget(production + marketing): $126(84+42) million.
Theaters & cinemas have a cut for every individual ticket sold. Note, we have 3 regions which makes up the total gross for the box office revenue.
For Assumption sake, here's the maths
Domestic Gross: Bear in mind that studio keeps about 50% of the price of the individual tickets sold, while cinema keeps the other half.

International Gross: Studio keeps about 40% of the price of the ticket sold, while cinema keeps 60%

China Gross: Studio keep 25%, while the cinema keep a whopping 75% of individual ticket sale.
So for a movie to break even, it has to make double of it's production cost.
That 82million dollars in revenue you see far for birds of prey, isn't the actual revenue, because the 3 aforementioned regions haven't collected theirs. When they are done collecting theirs, if what is left isn't up to 126 million dollar, then you're making a loss. So to break even, you should make twice your total budget, which should be between 250-300million.

Daaiimmn!!! Very enlightening post.thanks a lot


May God almighty bless you for taking your time to write this post.

urahara:
Birds of prey budget was 84 million dollars and so far it has grossed 82 million dollars , can someone explain to me why it needs 250 to 300 million dollars to break even instead of just 2 million dollars

The $84m production cost of BoP doesn't tell the whole story.

People tend to forget that for every dollar spent on movie production, another will be spent on marketing, distribution and advertising.

WB may have spent $84m on production, but you can be rest assured that it spent more on advertising, marketing and distribution (which these days can cost north of $100m), thus the sum total of money spent on the movie as a whole should be somewhere upwards of $300m.

To answer your question, in other to break even, a movie has to recoup all the money spent on production, marketing, advertising and distribution.

Furthermore, to make a profit, a movie has to make a MINIMUM of twice the sum total of it's budget (production+marketing+advertising+distribution).

Basically, BoP MUST gross at least $600-$650m to be considered successful. If it can't do that, it's a dumpster fire box office bomb.

mekaprime:



That's not how it works. Here's what you should know. Break even point, a point where income equals expenditure.

Production budget for birds of prey was 84million. Note, this doesn't include marketing cost. Most times, marketing cost is half of production cost. Then for some very few movies, marketing cost goes far beyond half of the production cost. But bare in mind that marketing cost isn't part of the production cost & most times, it's half of the production cost.

Total Budget(production + marketing): $126(84+42) million.
Theaters & cinemas have a cut for every individual ticket sold. Note, we have 3 regions which makes up the total gross for the box office revenue.
For Assumption sake, here's the maths
Domestic Gross: Bear in mind that studio keeps about 50% of the price of the individual tickets sold, while cinema keeps the other half.

International Gross: Studio keeps about 40% of the price of the ticket sold, while cinema keeps 60%

China Gross: Studio keep 25%, while the cinema keep a whopping 75% of individual ticket sale.
So for a movie to break even, it has to make double of it's production cost.
That 82million dollars in revenue you see far for birds of prey, isn't the actual revenue, because the 3 aforementioned regions haven't collected theirs. When they are done collecting theirs, if what is left isn't up to 126 million dollar, then you're making a loss. So to break even, you should make twice your total budget, which should be between 250-300million.

Why are there giving China so much advantage ?

mekaprime:



That's not how it works. Here's what you should know. Break even point, a point where income equals expenditure.

Production budget for birds of prey was 84million. Note, this doesn't include marketing cost. Most times, marketing cost is half of production cost. Then for some very few movies, marketing cost goes far beyond half of the production cost. But bare in mind that marketing cost isn't part of the production cost & most times, it's half of the production cost.

Total Budget(production + marketing): $126(84+42) million.
Theaters & cinemas have a cut for every individual ticket sold. Note, we have 3 regions which makes up the total gross for the box office revenue.
For Assumption sake, here's the maths
Domestic Gross: Bear in mind that studio keeps about 50% of the price of the individual tickets sold, while cinema keeps the other half.

International Gross: Studio keeps about 40% of the price of the ticket sold, while cinema keeps 60%

China Gross: Studio keep 25%, while the cinema keep a whopping 75% of individual ticket sale.
So for a movie to break even, it has to make double of it's production cost.
That 82million dollars in revenue you see far for birds of prey, isn't the actual revenue, because the 3 aforementioned regions haven't collected theirs. When they are done collecting theirs, if what is left isn't up to 126 million dollar, then you're making a loss. So to break even, you should make twice your total budget, which should be between 250-300million.

From what you posted , I doubt if birds of prey will even make even.

KoiceReloaded:


The $84m production cost of BoP doesn't tell the whole story.

People tend to forget that for every dollar spent on movie production, another will be spent on marketing, distribution and advertising.

WB may have spent $84m on production, but you can rest assured that it spent more on advertising, marketing and distribution (which these days can cost north of $100m), thus the sum total of money spent on the movie as a whole should be somewhere upwards of $300m.

To answer your question, in other to break even, a movie has to recoup all the money spent on production, marketing, advertising and distribution.

Furthermore, to make a profit, a movie has to make a MINIMUM of twice the sum total of it's budget (production+marketing+advertising+distribution).

Basically, BoP MUST gross at least $350m to be considered successful. If it can't do that, it's a dumpster fire box office bomb.

Thanks a lot !!!!


I was smelling something fishy when I found out that Joker merely made 300 million dollars as profit despite the fact that it grossed over a billion dollars.

urahara:



Thanks a lot !!!!


I was smelling something fishy when I found out that Joker merely made 300 million dollars as profit despite the fact that it grossed over a billion dollars.

I made a minor mistake on OP.

The minimum grossing figure ought to be $$600-650m not $350m. Forgot to multiply, but I have rectified it.

urahara:



Thanks a lot !!!!


I was smelling something fishy when I found out that Joker merely made 300 million dollars as profit despite the fact that it grossed over a billion dollars.

Jokers profit exceed $300m, the $300 is WB’s profit the rest would be shared between the two other producing studios

urahara:



Why are there giving China so much advantage ?

Unlike other territories asides domestic, China is a force to be reckoned with, they have the market, all thanks to their population. Most times, what you make in China outweighs what's made in international. And China knowing the above, would definitely want a control of what goes down in their region. So they basically make the rules, & if you ain't ok with it, you can go with your movie.

urahara:



From what you posted , I doubt if birds of prey will even make even.

Considering the time frame with which the movie would be available for download online, i doubt it. Once the movie is online for download, that's the end of it's box office returns.
Sadly enough, it's an irredeemable bomb already.

mekaprime:


Considering the time frame with which the movie would be available for download online, i doubt it. Once the movie is online for download, that's the end of it's box office returns.
Sadly enough, it's an irredeemable bomb already.

I disagree, I believe this movie would hit $300m

mekaprime:


Unlike other territories asides domestic, China is a force to be reckoned with, they have the market, all thanks to their population. Most times, what you make in China outweighs what's made in international. And China knowing the above, would definitely want a control of what goes down in their region. So they basically make the rules, & if you ain't ok with it, you can go with your movie.

so they watch subtitle English speaking movies in China. Hian!

mekaprime:



That's not how it works. Here's what you should know. Break even point, a point where income equals expenditure.

Production budget for birds of prey was 84million. Note, this doesn't include marketing cost. Most times, marketing cost is half of production cost. Then for some very few movies, marketing cost goes far beyond half of the production cost. But bare in mind that marketing cost isn't part of the production cost & most times, it's half of the production cost.

Total Budget(production + marketing): $126(84+42) million.
Theaters & cinemas have a cut for every individual ticket sold. Note, we have 3 regions which makes up the total gross for the box office revenue.
For Assumption sake, here's the maths
Domestic Gross: Bear in mind that studio keeps about 50% of the price of the individual tickets sold, while cinema keeps the other half.

International Gross: Studio keeps about 40% of the price of the ticket sold, while cinema keeps 60%

China Gross: Studio keep 25%, while the cinema keep a whopping 75% of individual ticket sale.
So for a movie to break even, it has to make double of it's production cost.
That 82million dollars in revenue you see far for birds of prey, isn't the actual revenue, because the 3 aforementioned regions haven't collected theirs. When they are done collecting theirs, if what is left isn't up to 126 million dollar, then you're making a loss. So to break even, you should make twice your total budget, which should be between 250-300million.

even if it breaks even it will still bomb because it has no profit.

KoiceReloaded:


The $84m production cost of BoP doesn't tell the whole story.

People tend to forget that for every dollar spent on movie production, another will be spent on marketing, distribution and advertising.

WB may have spent $84m on production, but you can rest assured that it spent more on advertising, marketing and distribution (which these days can cost north of $100m), thus the sum total of money spent on the movie as a whole should be somewhere upwards of $300m.

To answer your question, in other to break even, a movie has to recoup all the money spent on production, marketing, advertising and distribution.

Furthermore, to make a profit, a movie has to make a MINIMUM of twice the sum total of it's budget (production+marketing+advertising+distribution).

Basically, BoP MUST gross at least $600-$650m to be considered successful. If it can't do that, it's a dumpster fire box office bomb.

lololololol.

it's official then.....birds of prey is a box bomb.

it will never grossed that in a million years.

Nickshrapnel:
I disagree, I believe this movie would hit $300m

it won't and even it does, it will still bomb.

a film needs a profit to not bomb.