I didn’t mean it like it was a bad thing — not sure why there’s the attitude. I follow box office stuff pretty closely and would consider it to break down pretty simply, hype-wise
Top tier: good potential to make $300M+
Mid-tier: good potential to make $200 - $299M
Low-tier: good potential to make $100 - $199M
No-tier: likely less than $100M
Obviously within the hundreds of movies that come out in the year, this breaks down into a very fat bottomed pyramid with 90% of releases not even on the radar. And something can make mid or low tier money and still be a big success, like Bohemian Rhapsody or A Star is Born which made big bank on small budgets thanks to awards season legs. But Top Gun is a $140M budget tent pole summer movie — you have to think the executives are looking for that top tier gross.
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