What is Reddit's opinion of The Hollywood Economist 2.0: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind the Movies?

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Crocodile Dundee did 328 million USD worldwide gross in 1986. According to this book , the gross box office represents about 10% of a films revenue, before back end deals. Using those figures, that’s 3.28 billion dollars, inflation adjusted to 8.2 billion usd, or just over 11 billion dollars, which falls short of Australia’a 50 billion dollar a year coal exports but isn’t too bad for one film.

The accounting is such a scam. If you want to understand the underbelly of the beast check out The Hollywood Economist 2.0: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind the Movies.

Edward Jay Epstein's book on Hollywood accounting is a fun read! It got a new edition, too

 

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Has Tom Cruise got a movie coming out soon? Yep

I'm not denying that this story didn't happen - but I always notice an uptick in positive Tom Cruise stories around the release of any of his movies. I'd be willing to bet a PR company is pushing this story.

For example - around the release of The Mummy (June 9, 2017) - these stories came out 2 days earlier.

https://people.com/movies/annabelle-wallis-tom-cruise-mummy-shoot/

http://www.vulture.com/2017/06/19-unsettlingly-nice-tom-cruise-stories.html

Prior to American Made - this story

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jessica-chastain-reveals-how-tom-cruise-saved-zero-dark-thirty-990659

I really like Tom Cruise and I generally like most of his movies. I like his on-screen persona and I always feel like he brings his A game to every movie (I can't think of anything where he's phoning it in) - BUT, I'm aware he has a highly managed public image and it's always interesting to see the sway of narratives that come out when he has a movie being released.

It's entirely understandable too - he is one of the few movie stars whose name above the title is used to ensure box office success. This isn't a great conspiracy theory, it's just the way movie distribution works.

Take a read of this book by Edward J Epstein which is a good primer on tactics studios use to promote and distribute movies.

https://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Economist-2-0-Financial-Reality/dp/1612190502

This book. It's great.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Hollywood-Economist-2-0-Financial/dp/1612190502

>What were the stunts like while filming Expendables 3? Did you guys do most of your own?

FYI, as Edward Jay Epstein explains in The Hollywood Economist, actors (usually) contractually cannot do their own stunts for insurance reasons. If an actor get hurt and cannot film, it can cost a studio millions of dollars. He cites some actors who claim to have done their own stunts, and then cites the contracts that prohibit them from doing their own stunts.

That being said, actors often say they've done their own stunts for promotional / images purposes.

In short, Reddit is being played.

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