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So Yesterday (Danny Boyle film) according to Universal shows a net loss of $87.7 Million dollars against a $157.3M worldwide gross

Posted by JD (aka Jason Dean) May 5 '20, 18:49

Maybe Universal would be better off skipping theatrical and those pesky distribution costs. In this case, approximately $81.5 Million

Though that is nearly in line with the vague rule of thumb that Prints and Advertising are double production costs

‘Yesterday’ Net Profit Statement Shows It’s The Same Old Song On Hollywood Accounting (deadline.com)

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I'm gonna be the pedant here. they're not saying it's lost $87.7 million, they're saying it's made $87.7 million too little according to that person's - mafic May 5, 21:03
Ahh, those pesky overhead costs of studio films.. (NM) - Marlowe May 5, 19:55
studio accountants work very hard all year making sure all the accounts show that they never showing a profit. -- nm - Peglegpete May 5, 19:51
they spent $5.5 million on advertising between October and December 2019? that seems misguided. -- nm - mafic May 5, 19:28 1
- Not if you had a smidgeon of a hope to sneak into award contention. Right? -- nm - Qale May 5, 20:09
I wish I had an opportunity to lose a studio $87.7 million. -- nm - Mop May 5, 19:03 2
- I'm pretty sure that the studio figured out a way a to 'lose' a significant chunk of that $87.7M - JD May 5, 19:25 1
  - Exactly. If Danny Boyle cost a studio 10s of millions, he'd never work again. -- nm - Mop May 5, 20:59
Or make better movies. -- nm - Spawn May 5, 18:56 5
- It was a fine movie but I have a soft spot for Lily James -- nm - spamlet May 5, 19:23 3
  - I really liked it. -- nm - kelly May 5, 19:50 2
    - Me too. -- nm - Diva May 5, 19:52 1
      - Me three. -- nm - Andie May 6, 04:20
- Yesterday was reasonably bugeted and at least fine. There's no way that should lose approaching 90 million dollars -- nm - JD May 5, 19:00

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