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It is not known for certain which was the first film to cost $1 million or more to produce, and several myths have grown over time: D. W. Griffith's Intolerance (1916) was reputed to have cost $2 million, but accounts show that it only cost $385,906.77; [213] additionally, A Daughter of the Gods (1916) was advertised as costing a million ...
Think movie ticket prices have spiraled out of control? You're probably right. Here's how much they cost throughout the decades.
For example, in 1970, tickets cost $1.55 or about $6.68 in inflation-adjusted 2004 dollars; by 1980, prices had risen to about $2.69, a drop to $5.50 in inflation-adjusted 2004 dollars. [24] Ticket prices have also risen at different rates of inflation around the world, further complicating the process of adjusting worldwide grosses. [22]
This is because a distributor does not collect the full gross, and the full cost of a film can substantially exceed its production budget once distribution and marketing are taken into account. For example, tax filings in 2010 for Cinemark Theatres show that only 54.5 percent of ticket revenues went to the distributor, with the exhibitor ...
But as the industry expanded, so did costs. In Joel Finler’s book "The Hollywood Story" he charts the rise. By 1920, a feature film cost an average of $60,000 to produce.
Also see how much it cost to fill up your gas tank going back to the 1980s. Housing. ... With movies, you could expect to pay around $4 per ticket back in 1994. Today, that same ticket would be ...
The decade of the 1980s in Western cinema saw the return of studio-driven pictures, coming from the filmmaker-driven New Hollywood era of the 1970s. [1] The period was when the "high concept" picture was established by producer Don Simpson, [2] where films were expected to be easily marketable and understandable.
20 of the best ‘90s movies worth rewatching. Chrissy Callahan. Updated March 6, 2024 at 12:17 PM. 1 / 2. 20 of the best ‘90s movies worth rewatching. Getty Images / Alamy Stock Photo.