>$144 budget
>they borrow that money and pay back after release so rought 3 years borrowing
>4% interest fees work out to be $17m (rounding down)
>then you have marketing budget approximately 50-100% of production budget. Studio pays this themselves.
>50% would be $72m
TOTAL STUDIO PAYS OUT FOR FILM = $233m
>theatres take a cut approximately 35% of ticket sales and the remaining 65% go to the studio
>$233m studio costs means that film needs to bring in $358m in worldwide gross to break even
$358m TO BREAK EVEN
>$159m (rounding up) worldwide gross so far three weeks after release
FACT: GHOSTBUSTERS NEEDS ANOTHER $199m TO BREAK EVEN