Movie Profit Quotes

I'd like to have had a bigger piece of Thanos than I do, but when the first 'Avengers' movie came out, Marvel and I - we renegotiated some things, so I get a taste out of this thing. I'm not becoming the next Bill Gates, but I'm getting a little something out of it.

Now a movie with 30 million returns would be something very incredible and the producer can only get 10 to 15 million. This is only 100 thousands US dollars. This is not enough!

Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money from the movie is made.

A movie that costs only $1.6 million doesn't have to be a cultural event to turn a profit.

A movie like House of the Dead with around $7 million budget or Alone in the Dark with around $16 million budget are much easier to make profit than the typical $50 million major motion picture.

I've never made a film that lost money.

Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne made very good money from both 'Insidious' movies. Word travels fast, so as soon as you have a success and do what you say you're going to do in a contract and pay out that money, we had a lot more established actors come to us and say they want to work with us.

In 2007, 'Diary of the Dead' all of a sudden made money. I was blindsided by that.

To make money, it may be important to win the Academy Award, for it might mean another ten million dollars at the box office.

Multiplex cinema culture has created a level-playing field for directors where small budget movies are able to break even, even make profit.

I always say, what really makes a movie commercial is that it makes its money back.

Hard Day's Night was one of those great films that will never happen again to anyone in their lifetime. UA were in profit before we'd even finished shooting - The advance sales on the album - the film was out before the album was out was more than it cost UA to make the film.

Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the one thing, if you put it in a movie, it'll be successful?

I've had such a great track record in making a huge profit when the movies are smaller.

I would love it if my films made a lot of money, and may I say that 'The Yards' is the only one that's lost money.

What eventually counts is whether your film was successful at the box-office or not, or more so if the film has made its money, and 'Race 3' did that.

You know, social issue movies don't make a lot of money.

Forget it, Louis, no Civil War picture ever made a nickel.

Westerns are a type of picture which everybody can see and enjoy. Westerns always make money. And they always increase a star's fan following.

I always make sure my film benefits my producer and earns him a profit.