It is still about $19M short of break even, even if you assume that the $9M is net to the studio.
Agreed. However, if you assume a DVD margin of 50% (reasonable, considering a 55% margin on box office revenue), with 2 million units sold at an average price of $20, that adds up to an additional $20 million in revenue, which would put the movie just in the black. I think the article is at least plausible.
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Agreed. However, if you assume a DVD margin of 50% (reasonable, considering a 55% margin on box office revenue), with 2 million units sold at an average price of $20, that adds up to an additional $20 million in revenue, which would put the movie just in the black. I think the article is at least plausible.
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Actually, TFA states that Serenity has made the studios $9 million in rentals. Retail sales would be in addition to this amount.
>One of the Wright brothers was killed in a plane crash
Liar, liar pants on fire!
Wilbur Wright died of typhoid fever, and Orville Wright died of a heart attack.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orville_Wright for more details.
Maybe, but the more time they have to spend digitally editing photos to cover their tracks, the less time they have left to spend abusing children.
And notice that it's dangerously close to being fully-connected?
that Paul Graham is a tedious windbag