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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN
Terminator has a worldwide gross of over 321 million with a budget of 200
Wolverine has made 360 million with a budget of 150
Watchmen has made 182 with a budget of 130
So you're statement of "bombing at the box office due to their overall crappiness" doesn't really hold much water.
Land of the Lost.....you're bang on with that one.
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I think the general rule of thumb is that a film doesn't turn a profit until its ticket sales double its budget. Wolverine is the only one that is even in the black, and was probably the closest to meeting expectations. Most studios would expect their movies to make back their budget domestically, and Watchment, and Terminator definitely didn't do that. Compare that to Star Trek, for example: $150 budget, $240 domestic. Terminator $200 budget, $119 domestic.