The one who laughs last laughs well
The clown prince of Gotham's underworld continues to break Hollywood records. The Joker recently overtook Deadpool II for the title of highest-grossing R-rated film. Today it was revealed that the hit Warner Bros. achieved another impressive achievement. Psychological thriller by Todd Phillips is recognized as the most economically profitable film based on comics.At the moment, in the piggy bank "Joker" is about $ 950 million. The world record for the amount of fees belongs to the blockbuster "Avengers: Endgame", which earned $ 2.8 billion. According to a simplified income distribution scheme, the box office is divided in half between cinemas and the studio. It is easy to calculate that Marvel earned $ 1.4 billion from the fourth "Avengers". The production budget of the superhero action is estimated at $ 356 million, which means that the studio received about $ 4 from each dollar invested in its creation. The cost of filming "Joker" was $ 55 million. After doing the same manipulation of numbers, we come to the conclusion that the filmmakers will earn at least $ 8.6 from every dollar spent. Neither the hits of Marvel, nor Venom, nor the first Deadpool have achieved such a high value for money. It is curious that the previous record was held for a quarter of a century: in 1994, Mask raised $ 351.6 million with a modest budget of $ 23 million.  In this pleasant news for fans of the DC universe, there is still a fly in the ointment. The WB management did not believe in the success of Joker and attracted additional investors to the project. Financial analysts estimate that the studio paid only 50% of the film's budget. It is highly likely that the WB will pay the price for greed and give half of the proceeds to its movie partners. Source: Forbes The Topic of Article: The one who laughs last laughs well. |
