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by Ruq 896 days ago
Lightyear wasn't a success either when you consider marketing costs, which apparently makes it where you need 1.5x the budget just to break even, or so I've read.
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A quick google says the general consensus is you need 2.5x the budget of the movie to breakeven.
Normally yes. But I wouldn't be surprised if marketing budgets were slashed with the pandemic as well. So all our usual rule if thumbs are out of whack.