By herosik on Skatehive
[Introduction & A Few Things Explained] This text is based on data from boxofficemojo.com. For a film to start earning money, it must earn 2.5 or 3 times its budget (3 times for a production with a truly extensive advertising campaign). Different sources give different estimates, as this is due to various factors. Typically, 2.5 times the budget plus a "small bump" (from several hundred thousand to several million dollars) is enough to earn money. As a rule, most productions can be treated this way. The bigger the budget, the bigger the marketing. And the money allocated to marketing often exceeds the resources allocated to production. That's why it's said there are two budgets – one for production and one for promotion. Otherwise, no one will see your product. Smaller, medium-sized, or even quite expensive marketing usually pays for itself through the sale of merchandising, VOD rights, streaming, DVDs, etc. In the case of bigger films, this is usually higher, but sometimes there is a