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If it was that easy to make money in movies, I would make a movie every day of the week. By the logic presented in the first post, I'd be guaranteed to make money, so why stop at one, why not make a million?
I cant say forsure that this is a money losing venture, because they have at least been smart and limited spending to $15-20 million for each project. But at the same time, I cant see it making a ton of money or even breaking even for that matter? For the simple reason that A) it will look cheesy compared to most movies due to the low budget, then B) its going to be produced by WWE and therefore will have no credibility among the average movie goer and C) with the limited budget they will get killed in terms of advertising because most major films spend tens of millions of dollars to promote their films.
The only hope the WWE has for this to work is if most if not all of their fanbase goes out to see the movie. On avergae they have about 4.5-5 million viewers per show, if say half those people buy tickets that might be enough to break even right there. But I'm not so sure that many people will go out and pay to see the movie.
I do agree they will make most of their money off DVD sales, because even if they only sell a couple hundred thousand copies (which is no guarantee) they will be among the top selling DVDs. But will that alone be enough to recoup their losses? I doubt it.
It just seems like another case of Vince having $75 million buring a hole in his pocket and he has to get rid of it.
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