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You also forget that box office money is shared between the distributor and the movie theatre, from what I've gathered the domestic cut is typically 55-60% in f

by gribbly 10y ago

You also forget that box office money is shared between the distributor and the movie theatre, from what I've gathered the domestic cut is typically 55-60% in favour of the distributor, and some 25% in the foreign box office. So it has to do about twice the production costs at the box office in order to break even, that said there's that whole 'Hollywood accounting' aspect to consider.

kbenson 10y ago
When I worked at a movie theater as a teenager, the manager explained it like so: The first 5-6 weeks, the studio make 85%-90% of the box office profits, after that the percentages start changing, to the point that at 10 weeks or so and past, the theater makes a much higher percentage. Long running movies are thus fairly profitable for theaters. If this holds up (since it's entirely second hand info), I would expect the total split you quoted to likely be for large blockbusters that stay in the theaters for a long time. For a small movie, or one that doesn't make much money and is forced out to make room for more popular movies, I would expect that percentage going to the studio to actually be much higher. Corrections from someone with actual knowledge is welcome though.