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Old 03-02-2016, 03:19 PM   #94
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On a budget of $58 million too...although I'm guessing that they spent a lot on marketing on top of that 58 million, but still.
We should remember too that every box office $ is not pure profit for the studio.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/for-holl...ual-1409241925

"A dollar of box office is not a dollar of revenue," said Bill Block, chief executive of film finance and production company QED International.

The cut of each box office dollar that studios take varies from as little as 25 cents in China to about 50 cents in the U.S.
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