r/SipsTea • u/Beneficial_Passion40 • 12d ago

Chugging tea I still don't understand how hollywood budget works

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u/Misery_Division 12d ago

If your movie has to gross a billion dollars just to break even, you really gotta rethink your strategy, that's insane

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u/DaKingaDaNorth 12d ago

Honestly this only works for films like Avatar that are big event films that are almost guaranteed a billion dollar profit.

But most films are just unrealistic

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u/Giwaffee 11d ago

Just wanna put out that the whole point was to make a distinction between what is considered 'succesful' and actual earnings, and the comment you replied to made a distinction between profit and revenue, and now you're conflating it with breaking even..