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Re: Taking points on a film's earnings...advice needed
by Mark Suszko on Nov 4, 2009 at 10:10:03 pm

Hollywood accounting is infamous, Gone With the Wind and Wizard of OZ Supposedly "only" broke into the black for their points some time around 1997 or so.

It is tempting to think of points as some kind of lotto ticket. The smartest guy in terms of making money was George Lucas for taking all the merchandizing licensing rights to Star Wars (toys and etc) while Fox didn't know what it really had. Now if you could only work out a McDonald's happy meal toy from your movie...

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Taking points on a film's earnings...advice needed by Chris Taylor on Nov 4, 2009 at 6:02:18 pm
- Re: Taking points on a film's earnings...advice needed by Todd Terry on Nov 4, 2009 at 6:28:44 pm
- Re: Taking points on a film's earnings...advice needed by Arnie Schlissel on Nov 4, 2009 at 7:16:02 pm
  - Re: Taking points on a film's earnings...advice needed by Aaron Neitz on Nov 4, 2009 at 8:05:59 pm
    - Re: Taking points on a film's earnings...advice needed by Chris Taylor on Nov 4, 2009 at 10:06:55 pm
    - Re: Taking points on a film's earnings...advice needed by Mark Suszko on Nov 4, 2009 at 10:10:03 pm
      - Re: Taking points on a film's earnings...advice needed by nick hasson on Nov 4, 2009 at 10:25:07 pm
        Re: Taking points on a film's earnings...advice needed by Steve Wargo on Nov 5, 2009 at 6:32:56 am
    - Re: Taking points on a film's earnings...advice needed by Aaron Neitz on Nov 4, 2009 at 11:09:45 pm
      - Re: Taking points on a film's earnings...advice needed by Chris Taylor on Nov 4, 2009 at 11:47:02 pm
        Re: Taking points on a film's earnings...advice needed by Christopher Wright on Nov 5, 2009 at 6:21:25 pm
- Re: Taking points on a film's earnings...advice needed by Mike Smith on Nov 5, 2009 at 11:01:09 am

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