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Topic	Batgirl movie cancelled, despite being essentially finished
ChichiriMuyo 08/04/22 12:48:22 AM #123:	masterplum posted... Have you never looked at Hollywood accounting? Its insane Yep. According to Hollywood the Star Wars OT, Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter movies have never made any money. In fact, they all lost massive amounts of money that will never be recovered. How sad it is that they kept making those movies even after every single one of them somehow lost money. Hollywood is so generous... and now for some reality. Sony tried to pulls this shit with Spiderman and when Stan Lee (owed 10% of profits) took them to court he won, which is why magically Marvel movies never seem to be claimed as money losers. If JK Rowling wasn't effectively in on the scam those Harry Potter movies wouldn't be considered to have lost money either. She actually had it in her contract with WB that they had to do "100% accounting" (what you and I would just call, you know, accounting) when it came to her royalties, knowing that everyone else involved was going to get screwed. George Lucas also didn't care about the fuzzy math because he negotiated to keep the toy rights (way to see the future, Mr. Lucas). I don't know what deal the Tolkein estate had, but the sheer increase in book sales alone probably left them feeling like they weren't totally cheated. There are lots of others, too. Remember how My Big Fat Greek Wedding made like $350 million dollars on a $6 million dollar budget? According to Hollywood, it lost money. Forrest Gump lost money. 1989's Batman lost money. Anything Harvey Weinstein ever touched lost money. With Marvel movies being about the only ones to not claim a loss it's no wonder they're the only movies these days. --- "If you ever feel good about yourself, just look on the Internet." - Ryan Reynolds <cite>ChichiriMuyo posted [p:967059211] in Batgirl mo... [t:80116276]...</cite> <quote>masterplum posted... </cite> <quote>Have you never looked at Hollywood accounting? Its insane</quote>Yep. According to Hollywood the Star Wars OT, Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter movies have never made any money. In fact, they all lost massive amounts of money that will never be recovered. How sad it is that they kept making those movies even after every single one of them somehow lost money. Hollywood is so generous... and now for some reality. Sony tried to pulls this shit with Spiderman and when Stan Lee (owed 10% of profits) took them to court he won, which is why magically Marvel movies never seem to be claimed as money losers. If JK Rowling wasn't effectively in on the scam those Harry Potter movies wouldn't be considered to have lost money either. She actually had it in her contract with WB that they had to do "100% accounting" (what you and I would just call, you know, accounting) when it came to her royalties, knowing that everyone else involved was going to get screwed. George Lucas also didn't care about the fuzzy math because he negotiated to keep the toy rights (way to see the future, Mr. Lucas). I don't know what deal the Tolkein estate had, but the sheer increase in book sales alone probably left them feeling like they weren't totally cheated. There are lots of others, too. Remember how My Big Fat Greek Wedding made like $350 million dollars on a $6 million dollar budget? According to Hollywood, it lost money. Forrest Gump lost money. 1989's Batman lost money. Anything Harvey Weinstein ever touched lost money. With Marvel movies being about the only ones to not claim a loss it's no wonder they're the only movies these days. --- "If you ever feel good about yourself, just look on the Internet." - Ryan Reynolds</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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