I see your logic in that the number is divvied up amongst everyone along the way including the theater, so you could say "The Movie" made that amount. I doubt

I see your logic in that the number is divvied up amongst everyone along the way including the theater, so you could say "The Movie" made that amount. I doubt Hollywood is going that abstract route though. I more get an impression like those articles that call an entrepreneur who reached $1M in sales a millionaire, as though he/she had no costs and no taxes and gets to pocket all the gross. Nothing's more important in Hollywood than money and image so I just assume their intent is more along those lines. I'd be happy to "make" $9M for anyone who first gives me $10M then.