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The Baffling Economics Of Avatar 2

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Because he filmed avatar 3 with that budget
Comment from : @PthunderYT

Money laundering
Comment from : @tstahler5420

I find it baffling that studios spend a lot on marketing costs ( USD 150 million ) when a lot of these promotions can be done online or in social media I know TV ads are in millions but does that mean you have to pay TV ads for every country on earth?
Comment from : @relighg

I like how this is a disguised ad for avatar and a distraction from the money laundering in the movie industry 😂
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Comment from : @lailaalfaddil7389

It's a load of crap, and I ain't gonna watch that 'movie'
Comment from : @andredeketeleastutecomplex

Learned something about movie making, thanks
Comment from : @deeznuts-lj2lv

Why are Movie budgets estimated anyway? Why isn't this info just released lmao?
Comment from : @mind-of-neo

2219 Billion dollars grossed
Comment from : @geethalakshmi6872

About to be 3rd highest grossing movie of all time
Comment from : @chamdumba5666

You definitely gave me more insight in movie economics, I always thought a movie makes a billion dollars inbox, minus production and marketing cost, and the reminder would be profits, split with theaters
Comment from : @andilenkumanda2392

$2 billion to just break even? brBruh
Comment from : @ECiT745

Modern media's lack of accuracy in finance is always disappointing Thank you for making a video like this🫡brbrThe movie was exceptional and I highly recommend it to everyone Make sure to watch it in the immersive IMAX format for a truly unforgettable experience
Comment from : @ElBlancoFinance

well whadayaknow they hit over 2 billion
Comment from : @alien6824

Well the global amount made so far as of 3 days ago is - $2,207,986,545 so it's doing as intended apparently
Comment from : @PureYang0

well it broke even so
Comment from : @destro3804

Looking up Hollywood accounting might clear why it's horrible idea for actors to have of profits as form of payment
Comment from : @sashko02

Guy reads totally like a voice synthesizer!
Comment from : @HenriettaPL

I heard Cameron was given 1 bil to make all the sequels People need to be paid for their time acting, working, researching, writing, developing techniques, and technology for the movies brI was a freshman when the first movie came out and a sequel was greenlit but never saw the light of day till now That’s a lot of expenses up front is all I’m saying
Comment from : @KeyWestGlenn

Who's here after Avatar 2 crossed the 2 Bn mark?
Comment from : @nafisanwari6288

Budgetbr$350,000,000 (estimated)brGross US & Canadabr$620,849,303brOpening weekend US & Canadabr$134,100,226Dec 18, 2022brGross worldwidebr$2,117,086,137brbrAs Of 012023
Comment from : @lgroves336

They have topped Star Wars Ep7 and are at place 4 now sitting at roundabout 202B box office
Comment from : @titustaddhaustaddltentakel9987

This is also the problem with rating movies based off "opening weekends" etcbrbrTake the Bladerunner movies for example, neither of them did well initially and could be considered "flops", but fact is those movies are slow burns and become beloved cult-classics over a long period of time
Comment from : @Empirehog

imagine making the world's most expensive movie to cement your legacy and it's avatar lmfao
Comment from : @JoeyvanLeeuwen

And the worst part is, the movie sucks The plot and characters are shit It’s a three hour PlayStation 5 movie with Microsoft screensavers as inspiration I mean it It really sucks
Comment from : @QuidamByMoonlight

Yup, over 2bn now, and I'm yet to see it in 4D Haven't watched the rest of the video yet, but I'm assuming he needs to break even since they are budgeting for the other films too
Comment from : @Kadbros

So a studio can make a movie in 6 to 9 mos and spend 300 million But people don't think a movie that took years to make isnt going to cost a lot more? Dude was developing his own tech I give no F's about this movie but I respect the craft James is a visual monster Story teller, eh opinions vary
Comment from : @edwardjones282

Another huge benefit of the movie, financially speaking, is that it will go to Disney Plus Netflix invested $160 million in the Irishman
Comment from : @renevos5822

2 major problems with your own logic:br1) Production companies are RUINING theaters when after onl 3-4weeks, they go to STREAMING, which KILLS theaters of their opportunities and also kills the movie money machine for pathetic stream rightsbr2) Asking theaters to put in a 3 HOUR LONG MOVIE?!?!?!? That HURTS the total movies shown in a day! Like only 3 shows PER SCREEN!!! 2 hours and 90 mins can get triple that!!
Comment from : @timberwolfe1645

For 2 billion they can go to Pandora to film the movie
Comment from : @barvazoni4717

The theatre split argument doesn't matter if it makes the money fast enough Which these claims of needing 2 billion to break even came out well before the movie was released, so they didn't know how long it would take them to make it So you can skip that argument entirely
Comment from : @danielarmstrong2144

if you have watched the movie tell me, what is the most memorable scene you remember or the most interesting side character or what is even the name of the main character?
Comment from : @WahyuSetiawan-sz4lc

PUSS IN BOOTS SWEEP
Comment from : @angle4883

@12:32, more like a vanity project His Titanic documentaries, those are passion projects, this is sheer vanity
Comment from : @samuelbattershell3413

Fake math lol
Comment from : @tyugaming8193

I think he meant the entire series
Comment from : @EngineeringPilot

bollocks, movie production budget was around 260 millions and lets add 260 more for the marketing budget Capeshit fans want to propagate this misinformation that Avatar somehow needs to make 10 billion dollars in order to break even
Comment from : @MrPrankmastergeneral

Amazing video thank you and i love the series
Comment from : @derrickbrown7955

It’s ok 👌🏾 but too long If he made it shorter, he’d save some cost too 😅
Comment from : @MCorpReview

bThey are going to make the profit with avatar 3 This is what the plan has been all along Avatar 3 is already 95 done They shot avatar 3 with avatar 2 so that is why it cost 460 million to make and needs to break 2 billion to make profit Even if avatar 3 only makes 1 billion in box office, most of it will be all profit because they've already made the movie using the avatar 2 budget All they need to spend is marketing for avatar 3/b
Comment from : @bushgreen260

I would really love for people to say why they wanted it to fail I really don’t understand why people were absolutely praying on the downfall of this movie
Comment from : @BigHeisenberg

daym
Comment from : @5minutereviews296

they shot 4 movies at once a lot of the costs for 2 are wrapped up with 3,4,5
Comment from : @andrewevans7229

2 billion and still this movie is terrible brfirst movie was 10 x better
Comment from : @itsmenoname2247

GLAD TO SAY HE ALREADY REACHED $2 BILLION TODAY AND HEADING TO BE THE 5TH TO 4TH GROSSING MOVIE OF ALL TIME
Comment from : @Jaimyx77

A five percent cut of the profits going to Sam Worthington must rank as one of the worst contracts ever written The guy CAN'T ACT and has ZERO charisma You could replace him with someone talented at a fraction of the cost and no one would give damn Indeed, an interesting protagonist might be just the shot in the arm this series needs
Comment from : @deaddropholiday

I gotta say tho big profit or not Jimbo knocked the bitch out of the motherfucking park with this 3D-type masterpiece
Comment from : @Aang_L_Jackson

There’s no way it had a typical blockbuster budget when it took thirteen years to make
Comment from : @parodysam

Puss in boots 2 wipes it ass with avatar lmao is not bad but damn that freaking movie is a masterpiece
Comment from : @lt1856

Knowing that James Cameron filmed the sequels back to back, I'm convinced the need for a high number to break even is so the other movies can be strictly for profit
Comment from : @TheRicco1021

Reason avatar earning in the longitivity run Like 3rd week and in the 4 the weekbrbrReason there is no adrenal rush to watch the moviebrIt's more like experiencing visualspectacular
Comment from : @sujitsadalagi7586

Gunna be honest the story should have caused the entire movie to tank flounder and ruin James’s career but that movie had some of the best visuals and it was slightly enjoyable for a 3 hour school play with all the best special effects visuals and art but the dioulog
Comment from : @qwattyeet4027

Way too long
Comment from : @MindRiderFPV

They filmed Avatar 3 at the same time so they were nervous about losing a shit ton of money, but it turned out ok This is not that tricky 😂
Comment from : @johnwihebrink4017

i hope this film makes 3B
Comment from : @tavs28

They didn't break the 2 billion mark sadly Because many MCU fans don't want another superhero movie to overcome Avengers!
Comment from : @noelchristian8373

He movie was a good family movie but way too boring
Comment from : @firstlast1732

Let’s not forget it took 21 films and 11 years to build up to Avengers Endgame
Comment from : @RoroYaKnow

$250-460 million dollars, but the movie needs to make $15 billion to break even, that is insane
Comment from : @MM-te8tz

I'm curious how much the other films are going to cost, since most of the R&D expenses have been baked into the fist budget My guess is that the sequels to come will have much higher margins
Comment from : @jklappenbach

The $2B is the total cost of all upcoming sequels
Comment from : @mallow5828

didnt he film the rest of the movies together? so while he might need to hit 15-2b, that will make subsequent films not have a break even point and be instantly profitable?
Comment from : @t2d748

The Waffle House has found it’s new host
Comment from : @shittycomedy5288

The avatar visual reality it's insane
Comment from : @Fosforitofercho

As of 1:30 PST January 17, it’s at 19 billion
Comment from : @jordanorso8743

This is SO VERBOSE AND REPETITIVE! Talk about dragging out a video This could be a 5-minute video if the guy didn’t keep repeating himself and dragging the the video out I stopped after 2 mins because it was so repetitive
Comment from : @BrowderFan

I don't think the profits this movies gonna make would be even worth it
Comment from : @mizusenpai4741

In Russia theaters are sold out with avatar 2 days ahead, but it's illegal because we are under sanctions So, I think, Cameron wouldn't be getting revenues from here, cause sanctions
Comment from : @vladalexeev8529

did 2, part of 3 and he only wanted to make 15b to be happy with part 2, its at 19b so part 2 covered its cost, and a portion of part 3 using profits to make another film is still profit
Comment from : @bored588

Dont forget it came out on the weekend of the world cup so not a lot of eyes were on it when it came out Emphasising your point on the split
Comment from : @ashilshah3554

I've seen it The visuals are pretty impressive but they can't overshadow how bad the story and characters are It's a great movie if you are 12 years old If you are someone who actually saw the original Avatar in theaters you are most likely in your 30s now and this just isn't good enough
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Comment from : @yprasanth

Great video But why try this scheme twice and plan to extend the franchise beyond Avatar 2 with the strategy being so financially risky for the studio? Doesn’t make a lot of sense from a business standpoint
Comment from : @carlosflores9890

You do know that you don't just subtract the production budget from earnings, do you? Cinemas need to make proffits, you also have marketing costs and of course taxes
Comment from : @sorincosma5185

This film doesn't need $2bn to break even As simple as that
Comment from : @daejangeum

Just stopped by to see all the input from the youtube accountants lol
Comment from : @Jack_Waffles

I saw Avatar 2 on Imax and honestly it was so good I'm thinking of watching it in the cinema again xD
Comment from : @Desiqnify

I like how James NEVER Said anything about number 2 Billion but media talks about it nonstop
Comment from : @gytis321s2

👎🏻
Comment from : @Yak1312

Avatar 2 already broke even long ago Avatar 2 and 3 were filmed together So the 2 billion is for both films, everything is profit after They are very smart
Comment from : @Cyrus-rodn45