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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990
I have no idea why WB continues to give them insane amounts of money to make films??
But its not my money......
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Well, it's a couple of things, actually.
The Wachowski's are producing their films, which means they're putting up funding. So while Cloud Atlas made $130 million worldwide on a $102 million dollar budget and thus, likely broke even after marketing, there's still DVD sales, rentals and premium channel income. It's not a ton but it's better than not making a film.
Personally, other than the original
Matrix, I'm not a fan. But regardless of my opinion, they do make money for Warner Brothers and if a movie like
Jupiter Ascending ends up being a box office smash, Warner's has that in their hip pocket.
Even if it just breaks even, they can claim to have one of the biggest movies of the year, just based on budget alone.