Comments on: AVATAR Box Office: More Than $300m Domestic; $800m Worldwide http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-crosses-300-million-567/ The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films Sun, 20 May 2012 21:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tony R http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-crosses-300-million-567/#comment-485401 Tony R Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:45:25 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20257#comment-485401 It's funny how well Avatar is doing. I don't know how many times over the last year I have seen comments, on news articles that were about 3d and mentioned avatar, saying that Avatar would be another Waterworld. I guess that turned out not to be ture. It’s funny how well Avatar is doing. I don’t know how many times over the last year I have seen comments, on news articles that were about 3d and mentioned avatar, saying that Avatar would be another Waterworld. I guess that turned out not to be ture.

]]> By: Jay http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-crosses-300-million-567/#comment-485397 Jay Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:16:17 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20257#comment-485397 I think Avatar is a milestone in the filmmaking and it will go a long way. People will see it many times provided there are 3d screenings in more theatres. For example there are very less theatres providing 3d version in my country. I'm from India. The theatres which provide such screenings are booked for one week in advance. So it is sure that the respomse is very good for this movie and i willl one day see the 3d version. I have already seent the 2d version and am waiting to see the 3d version eagerly. I think Avatar is a milestone in the filmmaking and it will go a long way. People will see it many times provided there are 3d screenings in more theatres. For example there are very less theatres providing 3d version in my country. I’m from India.
The theatres which provide such screenings are booked for one week in advance. So it is sure that the respomse is very good for this movie and i willl one day see the 3d version. I have already seent the 2d version and am waiting to see the 3d version eagerly.

]]> By: Michelle Hutton http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-crosses-300-million-567/#comment-485396 Michelle Hutton Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:15:00 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20257#comment-485396 Those percentages weren't made up. They were researched. They're easily accessible online in various trade publications. Nowadays, domestic box office represents approx. only 25-30% of a film's total take. Perhaps that's why the major studios are still in business. Those percentages weren’t made up. They were researched. They’re easily accessible online in various trade publications.

Nowadays, domestic box office represents approx. only 25-30% of a film’s total take. Perhaps that’s why the major studios are still in business.

]]> By: PalPal http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-crosses-300-million-567/#comment-485395 PalPal Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:01:35 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20257#comment-485395 I really doubt the statement: Generally speaking, studios get approximately 50% of the box-office take in the domestic market and 40% from overseas If others (distributors, theaters) can make 50% from the collections, that's really huge. In that case, I don't want to be in the studio business, I would rather be building theaters and be profitable all the time. If there are 20 theaters in a complex and the theaters get a huge share of the pie, that doesn't sound fair to the studios, who take all the pain to make movies. This just doesn't sound right to me I really doubt the statement: Generally speaking, studios get approximately 50% of the box-office take in the domestic market and 40% from overseas

If others (distributors, theaters) can make 50% from the collections, that’s really huge. In that case, I don’t want to be in the studio business, I would rather be building theaters and be profitable all the time. If there are 20 theaters in a complex and the theaters get a huge share of the pie, that doesn’t sound fair to the studios, who take all the pain to make movies. This just doesn’t sound right to me

]]> By: Syd http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-crosses-300-million-567/#comment-485394 Syd Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:46:01 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20257#comment-485394 Avatar hasn't premiered in China yet. The film should easily make 500 million domestic and 800 million WW. Any related cost to this movie is about the least relevant issue now. It's a cash cow by any standard. What can stop this beast and whether it will approach Titanic's worldwide gross are about all that's left for the business side of Avatar. Avatar hasn’t premiered in China yet. The film should easily make 500 million domestic and 800 million WW.

Any related cost to this movie is about the least relevant issue now. It’s a cash cow by any standard. What can stop this beast and whether it will approach Titanic’s worldwide gross are about all that’s left for the business side of Avatar.

]]> By: Michelle Hutton http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-crosses-300-million-567/#comment-485391 Michelle Hutton Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:08:15 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20257#comment-485391 ChimmyChunga, You missed the last three paragraphs of the article... ChimmyChunga,

You missed the last three paragraphs of the article…

]]> By: ChimmyChunga http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-crosses-300-million-567/#comment-485390 ChimmyChunga Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:50:47 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20257#comment-485390 Maybe I am missing something. "the film probably still have some ways to go before it earns 20th Century Fox a profit" What? Even in the article you claim it earned more then $800 million world wide yet you also say Fox hasn't earned a profit. How could they not? Official comment has stated Avatar received a budget of $237 million. But lets say they are wrong and it really cost around $300 million. Then lets say around $200 million for worldwide marketing and other expenses. That bring it to a total of $500 million. $800 million box office - $500 expenses = $300 million profit for Fox. It would be a sad day for the film industry if they were unable to make $800 million in theaters yet not earn a profit. Maybe I am missing something.

“the film probably still have some ways to go before it earns 20th Century Fox a profit”

What? Even in the article you claim it earned more then $800 million world wide yet you also say Fox hasn’t earned a profit. How could they not?

Official comment has stated Avatar received a budget of $237 million. But lets say they are wrong and it really cost around $300 million. Then lets say around $200 million for worldwide marketing and other expenses. That bring it to a total of $500 million.

$800 million box office – $500 expenses = $300 million profit for Fox. It would be a sad day for the film industry if they were unable to make $800 million in theaters yet not earn a profit.

]]> By: Michelle Hutton http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-crosses-300-million-567/#comment-485389 Michelle Hutton Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:09:55 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20257#comment-485389 In the article, advertising, prints, and distribution costs were not included as "production costs." They're referred to as additional costs. And whether or not you want to include them in the film's total cost, those figures are there. They exist. And they'll have to be covered before the studio -- any studio, any film -- sees any profits. In the article, advertising, prints, and distribution costs were not included as “production costs.” They’re referred to as additional costs.

And whether or not you want to include them in the film’s total cost, those figures are there. They exist. And they’ll have to be covered before the studio — any studio, any film — sees any profits.

]]> By: Alex http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-box-office-crosses-300-million-567/#comment-485388 Alex Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:47:55 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20257#comment-485388 Man, prints and marketing are NEVER included in the budget. The budget of a movie represents exclusively the production cost of that movie, nothing else. If we would add marketing and prints for all the movies out there then Harry Potter, 2012, Transformers 2, Up, Monsters VS Aliens, Terminator Salvation, GI Joe and A Christmas Carol would all cost a similar amount of money. What I mentioned above are movies with production cost ranging from 175 million to 250 million, Avatar is very much in that range (and not even first). All of those movies had huge marketing budgets and every single one of them opened in more theaters then Avatar in the US (more prints). By your logic Harry Potter and maybe Transformers should be the only ones that made their studios some money. Avatar will be at 1 billion dollars at the end of this weekend, I wonder what you'll say then. Man, prints and marketing are NEVER included in the budget. The budget of a movie represents exclusively the production cost of that movie, nothing else. If we would add marketing and prints for all the movies out there then Harry Potter, 2012, Transformers 2, Up, Monsters VS Aliens, Terminator Salvation, GI Joe and A Christmas Carol would all cost a similar amount of money. What I mentioned above are movies with production cost ranging from 175 million to 250 million, Avatar is very much in that range (and not even first). All of those movies had huge marketing budgets and every single one of them opened in more theaters then Avatar in the US (more prints). By your logic Harry Potter and maybe Transformers should be the only ones that made their studios some money.

Avatar will be at 1 billion dollars at the end of this weekend, I wonder what you’ll say then.

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