So far, the most profitable production of the past year was “Barbie” directed by Greta Gerwig. However, according to the website’s editors’ calculations, the highest-grossing film was the animation “Super Mario Bros. Film”. Why this change? American journalists took into account the budget of all productions and the amount spent on promotion.
“Barbie” earned the most on tickets. But it is another film that is the highest-grossing production
According to official data, “Barbie” earned $1.45 billion in theaters around the world, and “Super Mario Bros. The Movie” earned slightly less, $1.36 billion. However, the production starring Margot Robbie cost $145 million, and the budget spent on animation was $100 million. Moreover, the great difference in the promotion costs of both productions determined the victory of “Super Mario Bros. Film”.
The film about the most popular plumber in the world grossed $559 million. This good result can be owed to the fact that in the original language version the main character is voiced by Chris Patt, who appeared in productions of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Peter Quill/Star-Lord, as well as in the “Jurassic World” series as Owen Grady. In 2014, he also dubbed the main character in the film “LEGO. ADVENTURE”.
As many as three films in the Top 5 are animations. They bring the greatest profits to creators
As reported by Deadline, “Barbie” brought a net profit of $421 million, so the live-action production lost to the animation by as much as $138 million. This data also shows how much money Warner Bros. she had to spend on promoting her film. The authors of the article also point out that it is much easier for children’s films to achieve great success. They remind us that “Super Mario Bros. Film” is the third production by Illumination studio to win the ranking of the American portal.
The Top 5 films that earned the most money from cinema release last year also included “Oppenheimer” (USD 972 million), “Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3” (USD 846 million) and “Fast and Furious 10” (USD 705 million). dollars). Of these films, the top five in Deadline’s ranking included the undisputed winner of this year’s Oscars, “Oppenheimer”, which generated a profit of $202 million (5th position on the list).
However, due to the huge budgets and costs spent on promotion, the portal’s list included two animations instead of “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Fast X”. These are “Spider-Man: Through the Multiverse” ($328 million) and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” ($204.5 million), which were third and fourth, respectively. Although the latter title only grossed $180 million in theaters, the profit from record sales, digital distribution and other broadcasting rights (as well as relatively low production costs) made the animation rank high.
Source: Gazeta
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