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Reddit mentions of The Hollywood Economist 2.0: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind the Movies
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I know this is an old topic, and this comment will probably never be seen, but this film was not a "flop" because there's really no such thing as a "flop" anymore.
Effectively no blockbuster movies that are made nowadays don't make back the money they cost. Many Hollywood films have broken even before they are even released. Hollywood financing is fascinating and incredibly elusive, and one thing you can be sure of is that the box office "figures" released are nothing but part of the marketing campaign.
If you're interested in the business side of big movie making, you absolutely must read The Hollywood Economist by Edward Epstein
Nope often times it's even more than double. You should give The Hollywood Economist a read. Great book and it covers why you're wrong.
http://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Economist-2-0-Financial-Reality/dp/1612190502/ref=pd_sim_14_26?ie=UTF8&dpID=41Bllui2UbL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR110%2C160_&refRID=0PKEVMFMTNNW7V9VE4WC
Check out The Hollywood Economist 2.0: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind the Movies.
He won't get 20% of the box office. The studio gets only a little more than 50% (the percentage changes week to week, so the total depends on exactly how well it holds over its entire run). Additionally, "gross" is usually a number defined by the contract; there's no standard definition. The studio has baked into the contract that they make a certain amount of money first before revenue gets shared. See The Hollywood Economist for more details.
He's certainly going to make a ton of money, don't get me wrong. But it's more complicated than looking at Box Office Mojo and multiplying by 0.20.
http://stephenfollows.com - Amazing resource
http://hollyquant.com/ - Not blogged for a year but good quant stuff
http://hopeforfilm.com/ - Good for trends
http://www.amazon.com/The-Hollywood-Economist-2-0-Financial/dp/1612190502 out of date but shows how it used to work
This book. It's great.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Hollywood-Economist-2-0-Financial/dp/1612190502
>What were the stunts like while filming Expendables 3? Did you guys do most of your own?
FYI, as Edward Jay Epstein explains in The Hollywood Economist, actors (usually) contractually cannot do their own stunts for insurance reasons. If an actor get hurt and cannot film, it can cost a studio millions of dollars. He cites some actors who claim to have done their own stunts, and then cites the contracts that prohibit them from doing their own stunts.
That being said, actors often say they've done their own stunts for promotional / images purposes.
In short, Reddit is being played.
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