The New York Times hypothesizes that James Cameron ’s Avatar will be half a billion dollar bill in the end . But Fox has a design , in case the movie does n’t make Titanic numbers . Plus , find out what Rupert Murdoch thinks of Avatar .
James Cameron and his gang have repeatedly articulate that the budget for Avatar was $ 230 million , but theNYT guesstimatesthat after tallying up the marketing campaign and Cameron ’s own personal contribution , the movie ’s cost will be around $ 500 million .
That would make this the most expensive movie of all metre — so much so that Rupert Murdoch , the News Corporation ’s chair , was drawn to comment on the film ( which he ’s watched , and was “ excited and moved ” by . ) Murdoch carry organized religion that the motion-picture show will be a achiever over the Chirstmas time of year . They ’d better hope so . Of naturally , the Times article may be vastly exaggerating the marketing budget — specially since we only started see TV advertizement for the word picture in the past couple weeks , including during Fox ’s own football game programme .
But who miss money if Avatar pop off a horrible death at the box business office ? The director himself — that ’s how much Cameron believes in it — or can stand to lose a few million .
In a further hedge , Mr. Cameron would give up part of his own participation in the film ’s return if product cost exceed a specified degree , according to those who were brief on the celluloid . If final production cost outdo $ 300 million , for instance , Mr. Cameron would effectively defer much of his payout until the studio apartment and others were compensate , despite his year of labour on the movie .
Still the studio apartment is n’t place all its eggs in one field goal . Fox is rolling out the big gun right after Avatar , just in compositor’s case — and the “ secret weapon ” … .
That would be “ Alvin and the Chipmunks : The Squeakuel , ” set to spread just a hebdomad after studio trafficker get “ Avatar ” into field . It is the comparatively safe continuation to a chipper family comedy that be about $ 60 million and took in $ 217 million at the domesticated box office staff when it was release two age ago .
Will we ever be free of anthropomorphised furry fictitious character ? Apparently , no .
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