As we all know making movies is big business. Movies cost millions to film and produce, between the salaries the actors, actresses, photographers, editors, writers, stunt men, special effects people, and all the rest, movies end up costing big bucks. But then again, they seem to make the money back again, and then some.
Mostly what you find when you try and answer this question is what are the highest grossing films. As of today the highest growing film of all time is Avatar, with a whooping, $2,722,314,898. But what would be useful information is how much the film profited, since we know that it cost a king’s ransom to create that epic three-dimensional tale of bad industrial complex macho men versus good kind close-to- nature innocent green not-people.
Apparently we are on the right track here, and although films like Avatar and Titanic were blockbusters at the box office, they cost so much to make that the ‘return-on-investment’ was not quite as spectacular. It makes a lot of sense that movies on smaller budgets can have a greater potential for bigger ROI. For example, the actual ROI for the over $2.7 billion grossing Avatar is ‘only’ 500%, compared to the lower-budget action film Mad Max, whose ROI comes out to be 24,837%.
As we all know making movies is big business. Movies cost millions to film and produce, between the salaries the actors, actresses, photographers, editors, writers, stunt men, special effects people, and all the rest, movies end up costing big bucks. But then again, they seem to make the money back again, and then some.
Mostly what you find when you try and answer this question is what are the highest grossing films. As of today the highest growing film of all time is Avatar, with a whooping, $2,722,314,898. But what would be useful information is how much the film profited, since we know that it cost a king’s ransom to create that epic three-dimensional tale of bad industrial complex macho men versus good kind close-to- nature innocent green not-people.
Apparently we are on the right track here, and although films like Avatar and Titanic were blockbusters at the box office, they cost so much to make that the ‘return-on-investment’ was not quite as spectacular. It makes a lot of sense that movies on smaller budgets can have a greater potential for bigger ROI. For example, the actual ROI for the over $2.7 billion grossing Avatar is ‘only’ 500%, compared to the lower-budget action film Mad Max, whose ROI comes out to be 24,837%.
Movies are one of the most popular forms of entertainment in history. Films take us on journeys to faraway places, times and mind-sets. Since they are such an important part of the fabric of our society, it is important to remember that they are a big business, and we should be aware of the costs and benefits this big business has on our culture and world.
