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		bovermyer on Dec 14, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Disney to Acquire Twenty-First Century Fox Right, but a large majority of it is. The film cost $445 million to make, including actors' salaries and marketing. That's over a billion in profit.

kgwgk on Dec 14, 2017 [–]

Exhibitors keep a large chunk of that $1.54bn.

runevault on Dec 14, 2017 | [–]

The first few weeks mostly goes to the distributor, the longer it is in theater the more money the theaters make off of it, which is why Titanic was such a big deal for theaters.

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