Dredd (2012)

[Jim_Campbell]

There's been no official figure, or statement, declaring how much the film actually earned -or lost- and probably never will be as studio info like that is rarely published

Not least because there are plenty of creative things a decent accountant can do with a loss on the P&L for a company, so it isn't always a bad thing. Conversely, some studios will do whatever they can to avoid admitting a movie made a profit in order to avoid paying out on profit share agreements with stars and directors.

(Not that I'm suggesting any of those things apply here — just that there are many, many reasons why you might never find out the final financial position of a movie.)

Cheers

Jim

[Jimmy Baker's Assistant]

Film accountancy is a black art. I'm sure, for the purposes of whatever tax regime applies, Dredd 3D made a massive loss. I'm also sure that, after the success of the Blu-ray release, the people who actually invested in the movie made a tidy return on their investment.

[Steve Green]

It's a shit business...

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/09/how-hollywood-accounting-can-make-a-450-million-movie-unprofitable/245134/

[JOE SOAP]

It's a shit business...

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/09/how-hollywood-accounting-can-make-a-450-million-movie-unprofitable/245134/

Screwing the accounts is one thing but too many egos are getting big paydays for relatively small films before they're even made. The studio who paid for Shyamalan's Signs spent over $44 million on story rights, director/producer/actor's fees and travel while the actual shooting and making of the film cost approx. $35 million. Shyamalan himself was paid $15 million because it was his story and he was the Producer & Director and Mel Gibson, $25 million.

[JOE SOAP]

The "breakdown" of Unbreakable:

[Steve Green]

The Entourage bill for Bruce Willis is eye-watering.

[IAMTHESYSTEM]

Wonder the post production VFX bill for the new Star Was will be?

[Jim_Campbell]

Wonder the post production VFX bill for the new Star Was will be?

...and whether there'll be a separate line for lens flare.

Cheers!

Jim

[Goaty]

...and whether there'll be a separate line for lens flare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GMNm0-0-Ko

[IAMTHESYSTEM]

...and whether there'll be a separate line for lens flare.
Cheers!
Jim

[Steve Green]

...and whether there'll be a separate line for lens flare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GMNm0-0-Ko

I'm always bemused and depressed by the contrast between the content of the video and the bile in some of those youtube comments.

[PreacherCain]

In fairness, Abrams has acknowledged the lens flare thing and how some people find it annoying. Personally I thought it worked really well in his Star Trek movies, where it suited the shiny, gleaming newness of everything. As far as I can tell, his Star Wars is going to follow the look of the original trilogy, where the technology and landscapes look more like a used scrapheap, showing how the world has fallen from a better time.

... Though I'm sure C3PO will have the odd lens flare bounce off him...

[Goaty]

[James Stacey]

http://mobile.theverge.com/2013/9/30/4788758/j-j-abrams-apologizes-for-his-overusing-lens-flares

[JOE SOAP]

That joke isn't funny anymore - Morrissey