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Someone who knows? How do movies get funded, and how do they get theatrical releases, when it seems obvious their box office will only be terraformingearth Oct 13, 13:08

money can come from literally anywhere but box office is only one revenue stream for producers backing a given project {nm} co-bro Oct 13, 13:09

Moviesnob is. TheWeekendWarrior Oct 13, 13:10

A theatrical release typically improves a project's value through all home video windows (and/or it's contractual for the actor/director) notfabio Oct 13, 13:14

That said, sometimes bombs are just bombs, and a project doesn't turn out how it was hoped it would, that's showbiz. {nm} notfabio Oct 13, 13:16

Don't forget about the tax implications. Sometimes a loss is a good thing. {nm} CButera Oct 13, 14:55

That's like .00001 percent of films {nm} Moviesnob Oct 13, 19:05

NONSENSE. .00001 Percent = 1.0E-7. That would mean for Every Movie that Loses Money, TEN (10) MILLION Movies make a PROFIT. Ridiculous. RotoHockeyYTD2014 Oct 13, 19:14

Whoosh TFeeney Oct 13, 19:33

What? He talking about movies that make money by losing money Moviesnob Oct 13, 20:47

No Reference was made to that at all. The Reference was to Utilizing the Loss for Taxation Purposes. {nm} RotoHockeyYTD2014 Oct 14, 00:54

Let us know when TEN (10) MILLION Movies have been made. Google estimates 500,000 Movies have been made since 'ROUNDHAY GARDEN SCENE' (1888) RotoHockeyYTD2014 Oct 14, 00:58

YOUTUBE: 'ROUNDHAY GARDEN SCENE' (1888). 2.11 Seconds. World's First Motion Picture - Guinness Book Of Records. Filmed By Louis Le Prince. RotoHockeyYTD2014 Oct 14, 07:04

Some people struggle with normal human interaction. Some of those people intensify the problem with bizarre capitalization. {nm} SenJohnBlutarsky Oct 14, 00:21

The blight of the terminally online morons {nm} Moviesnob Oct 14, 14:17

The Blight of Terminally Online Morons that Pull Numbers Out-Of-The-Air / Out-Of-Their-Butt. {nm} Captain Obvious Oct 14, 14:59