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1-2 was a euphemism - I'd actually have to crunch numbers to give a "real number"

Posted by: TwoMisfits (a.k.a del_SCA_TwoMisfits) on Aug 14, 12:55 in response to Moviesnob's post you are making stuff up. It takes more than 1-2 hits to...

Say, in your case, if you do 40 originals per year (which is a lot for one studio), and they are all low cost, you probably have to have x breakouts, y reasonable money makers, z break evens, and then the rest total losers...experience and the "value" of the breakouts would determine how many you need of each to stay in business and keep your employees and stock holders happy...

This is all fun Stats which I aced in college and Accouting/Auditing (which I did for awhile for a living with a Big 5), but it's really boring to expound on here:)...if you want me to gin up math, I could, but I don't think anyone would really want to read it:)...

But, it is awesome you make originals - I go to theaters mostly to see originals (my sequels are normally kid and spouse encouraged:)...this year, I've seen Deadpool, Zootopia, Angry Birds, Cap3, and Pets in theaters - so 4 out of 5 original and I'm looking at Bad Moms or Sausage Party for my next date (hubby is leaning Bad Moms to make me happy thanks to board feedback:)...sequels tend to be my DVD rentals nowadays - you just need more of me:)...

so Sunday afternoon is probably not the best time to chat about this, but wanted to point out... lobogotti Aug 14, 11:06

Some of those should be left alone... TwoMisfits Aug 14, 11:34

Methinks the lobo/moviesnob studio would be in business a lot longer than the misfits studio. Moviesnob Aug 14, 11:44

Nah - Suicide Squad cost $325M (if you believe it was only $175M to produce)... TwoMisfits Aug 14, 11:49

And Batman v Superman cost $400M (with advertising costs included) TwoMisfits Aug 14, 11:54

if you include all costs, its more, but it'll have total revenue (after splits) of over a billion {nm} Moviesnob Aug 14, 12:11

Bad Moms, as much as it's profitable, it wasn't as strong a comedy as many expected or hoped. Trying to make a sequel would be foolish. diamondman56 Aug 14, 11:55

That's my point above - some successful movies have nowhere to go as sequels... TwoMisfits Aug 14, 11:58

Yep... We need a good plan, Stan :-) {nm} jmt-nl Aug 14, 12:03

They don't have to be successful, they just have to be successful enough. eg Neighbors 2, Hangover 3, Night at the Museum 3, Anchorman 2,etc {nm} RogerMore Aug 14, 12:05

+1 {nm} chosenone2oo5 Aug 14, 12:14

will be interesting to see what STX does with that profit. {nm} lobogotti Aug 14, 15:23