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morgoo 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: 'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut

But if you make 10 $40m movies and 2 of them make $300m you've spent less for more revenue and a lot more profit, and that's assuming the other 8 make exactly $0

legitster 3 months ago [–]

But again, there are a limited number of money-making weekends in a year, and you're competing with other movies those weekends.

If you have only 4-5 good chances to make money in a year, you're going to maximize revenue over profitability.

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