Netflix could do a fairly good TMNT live-action show

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I don't know that it's considered that, and a 179 million haul on a 78 million budget means they at least made a modicum of profit. And Daredevil the movie was separated by over a decade from the Netflix TV series, a whole generation passing by to forget it. It'd need...

Born in 92 here. I remember watching DD 2003 movie when I was a kid. I got friends born in 94, 95 and they all remember the failure that DD was. Judging that the Neftlix show is aimed towards adults due to the gritty tone I'd say it's aimed towards those who were kids in 2003 and older

Besides 179 million is hardly breaking even. If the budget is 78 million you need 78 million to break even, right? Well 179 million gross is the amount a studio has to split with multiple investors and the distributors (cinemas). Cinemas usually get almost a half of the earnings from the tickets. Depends on the deals but usually no less than 40% and up to 70% (rare occasions). Generally they get 50% and the rest 50% is left to the studio, investors and etc. So generally in that case the company which made Daredevil got 89.5Million USD back after the cinemas took their share. Well 89.5Million USD seems like more than 78 million budget right? But you forgot that movie budgets do not include the marketing of the film. A movie's budget is the amount of money it cost to make a movie. Not advertise it and etc. Marketing budgets are often approximately 50% of what the budget of the movie is. So if it cost 80 million to make it's approximately 30-40 million to advertise Worldwide. In this case that means overall the movie cost over 100million to make and put it out there in the World. And the returns were 90 million (approximately). So I don't see how it could possibly actually make any money. Technically in the box office it earned that money but people generally don't know where that money goes and how it is split in the movie industry. I had the opportunity to study film at University and I have a degree and I've had lectures with a BAFTA nominated producer Elhum Shakerifar and I have a good understanding of how the money side works in the industry. That movie needed much more to really make money for the studio and the investors.