Thursday, July 21, 2016

A Financial Analysis of Ghostbusters

A little bit of economic theory.
A little bit of case study.
And a little bit of a lesson Sony and Hollywood can all learn in the end.


6 comments:

  1. Un Americano6:58 PM

    Learned much, I did. Much, thank you.

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  2. Anonymous12:21 AM

    Everybody sane would just ignore this movie and forget about it already if not the people who constantly post about how overwhelmingly bad it is. C'mon.

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  3. Anonymous9:33 AM

    I've been saying this for a very long time. People do not like being preached at when trying to have a good time. If I want a sermon, I can go to church. If I want a political statement, I can go to a rally. This film was created not with entertainment in mind nearly as much as promoting and agenda. The director's and others associated with the film's defensiveness when called on it was a giveaway.

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  4. Not even the Chinese want to pirate this movie.

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  5. Anonymous6:37 PM

    An interesting analysis. I liked the simple descriptions of how profit is produced and how it is necessary.

    I would like to add some more detail to the 'sales' the movie has made. Generally, a studio takes in a large percentage of the ticket receipts in the first week, then as time goes on, take a smaller and smaller percentage. Say, for the sake of argument, Sony take 75% of the cash people handed over for their tickets in the first week. Week 2, Sony may only take 60%. Week 3, perhaps 50% or even less.

    So the whole numbers thing is even worse than they are letting on. Imagine how much popcorn would need to cost if cinemas had to hand over 100% of the ticket sales!

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  6. Compensation for risk seems to be the part that libtards fail to grasp.

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