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In response to "without looking up numbers is your perception of Bad Teacher that is was (a) big hit (b) middling hit (c) a bomb? -- nm" by Andie

okay, so what if i told you it only cost $20M to make (which seems impossible, which is what made me think about this) and that it's current take is

Posted by Andie (aka Andie) Jul 19 '11, 09:32

Total Lifetime Grosses:

Domestic: $88,457,639
Foreign: $45,700,000

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= Worldwide: $134,157,639

that's $100 mill profit. that shocks me. no-one i knew saw this.

Responses:

Kelly and I saw it.....I wish our $17 wasn't part of that tally. It was bad. Not Love Guru bad, but bad nonetheless. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 19, 09:37
For those stars, though, it should have been a bigger hit. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 19, 09:37 1
- I think hitting $100M is a pretty big hit for a June comedy esp. with all of the competition -- nm - MDH Jul 19, 09:39
I'd still call it middling rather than a big hit. -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 19, 09:36
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- She knocked $10 million off her price b/c of the contract clause requiring Timberlake to bang her in between takes -- nm - prayformojo Jul 19, 09:37 1
  - she makes $5 for every piece of popcorn she feeds A-Roid now. -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 09:38
- she took less than her quote for this -- nm - moles Jul 19, 09:37 9
  - I often wonder if production budgets we see are all "below the line." Is it safe to assume talent salary is always included in these? -- nm - con_carne Jul 19, 09:39 8
    - a budget has to include salaries. -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 09:40 7
      - Not below the line. Isn't that the definition of "below the line?" -- nm - con_carne Jul 19, 09:45 3
        
        right, talent is above the line, but if you see a production budget number, that includes the talent. -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 09:52 1
        
        Ah, thanks. -- nm - con_carne Jul 19, 09:55
        
        no, above-the-line is the cost for the talent -- (link) - moles Jul 19, 09:49
      - but what talent are doing more of is getting higher back-end points to make up for reducing their up-front salaries -- nm - moles Jul 19, 09:41 2
        
        i think if i were a studio i'd be all about this. -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 09:42 1
        
        yup, split the risk (and the reward) -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 09:43
- that's what i thought. but it's in a couple places. -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 09:36 1
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it might have cost that to market as well, remember. but yeah, it's nice margin. -- nm - the endless summer of smamanda jones Jul 19, 09:36
It's big for the studio...but I'd still say it's only a middling hit with the rest of the world, if that makes any sense. -- nm - Jim Jul 19, 09:35 1
- totally makes sense. -- nm - Andie Jul 19, 09:36
'Course, it should be okay for studios to produce smaller films that not everyone sees. This should be a norm, not an exception. -- nm - con_carne Jul 19, 09:34 6
- There's a reason Tyler Perry will not have to worry about work for a long time. - Will Hunting Jul 19, 09:44
- Wait, spend money on movies that less people will pay to see? That's just crazy enough to work! -- nm - Studios Jul 19, 09:35 4
  - I think he means: spend $20 mil to make $100 mil rather than spend $200 mil to make $300 mil (as an example) -- nm - Beaker Jul 19, 09:42 3
    - i know. studios mostly don't see it this way. they want the home-run potential every time out of the gate - moles Jul 19, 09:46 2
      - there seems to be a lack of knowledge or unwillingness to do marketing for the smaller films. -- nm - con_carne Jul 19, 10:01 1
        
        they leave that to the independents - moles Jul 19, 10:05
*records $30 million loss* -- nm - Studio books Jul 19, 09:33

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okay, so what if i told you it only cost $20M to make (which seems impossible, which is what made me think about this) and that it's current take is

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