said by AlexNYC:— THE $9 TICKET BREAKDOWN —
Theater receives: $4.05
Helps pay for everything from maintaining the popcorn machines to air conditioning to ticket takers' salaries
Studio receives: $4.95
This amount is broken down into sub-categories:
* ADVERTISING and MARKETING: $1.90
Nearly 75% of Public Enemies' estimated $100 million marketing budget goes to TV, radio, magazine, Internet, newspaper, and billboard ads. The rest covers expenses like market research and preview trailers.
* PRODUCTION: $1.54
Includes the cost of sets, costumes, equipment rentals, filming permits, insurance, and such.
* DISTRIBUTION: $0.90
Ten percent of every ticket goes directly to Universal Studios to cover costs such as sending movie reels to theaters.
* ACTORS: $0.61
A-list star Johnny Depp's upfront pay for Public Enemies was an estimated $20 million; co-star Christian Bale probably got more than $10 million.
That counts for a $9 ticket. Then there are $15 tickets and I'm not talking IMAX (Anyone who's been to the 3rd Street Promenade in Los Angeles or any other Pacific Theaters knows what I mean).
