Hollywood does not report profits on many of their films. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting

Hollywood does not report profits on many of their films. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/07/08/hollywood-applies-creative-accounting-to-harry-potter-movie/ http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/07/08/hollywood-applies-cre... Google around and you'll find tons of articles on famous successful films that "never turned a profit". Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings do this as well. They use VERY creative accounting to mark up overhead costs and hide profits.