@@planetvegan7843 so you can make a movie with Tom Cruise or Johnny Depp or Keanu Reeves caliber of starts in it for 4m? Cause that is the equivalent of the stars they were talking about in the vid.
The Cost Of Making A Movie In 1927 14.3.24 good ol' julie...though i can't recall if it was stay off the drugs or out of the strip joints. discuss.....rfer to Hollywood Babylon...
I know this is just an article in a magazine, and that these numbers are not your work, but the numbers for "Famous Films And Their Earnings" are not right. The article is right when it says that after eighteen months the earnings drop off. Over the past few weeks, I had been doing reasearch on some of these films and the box office for my podcast. Miracle Man is the oldest, and it was claimed to be at 2.4 Mil in 1920. In that case, that number in the article may be correct, or even an underestimation. As for the numbers for Robin Hood, Gold Rush, and Way Down East, I have the four year totals from the United Artists archives. Gold Rush was 2.28 mil, Robin Hood was 2 mil (not that far off), and Way Down East was 1.87 mil. The article's box office number of Ten Commandments ($4.5 mill) was generally used over the decades, but according to Bob Birchard, who did a book on DeMille's films, the more accurate number would be a little over 2 Mil. Also, I think the Four Horsemen is also very inflated. But due to Valentino's death in 1926, there was a big surge in box office for Valentino movies, but I doubt it was up to 4 Mill. . According to a box office figure published in 1920 (five years after the relase of BIRTH OF A NATION), the movie had made 2.1 Mil at that point. It was regularly run into the 1930s, but usually as low prices. BIRTH is still considered the most profitable movie made in the silent era.
As always, seems that little has changed in the battle between the film industry and the average filmgoer, in the last 121 years. Also @8:28 'Will you do the Fandango!' 🥸Peace All
"We didn't need dialogue.
We had faces."
- Norma Desmond; Sunset Boulevard
I have say I have seen a lot of lower budget films that made more of a lasting impression on me than block buster huge budget ones ever have.
Forget the chicken farm. I'm putting my money in the stock market. Stocks have been going crazy lately. What could go wrong?
$250,000 in1927 would be a little less than $4.5 million today. Try making a movie for 4.5m.
That's plenty to make a movie but I'm guessing not the movies you watch.
@@planetvegan7843 so you can make a movie with Tom Cruise or Johnny Depp or Keanu Reeves caliber of starts in it for 4m? Cause that is the equivalent of the stars they were talking about in the vid.
@@hazcat640 i can make an animated film with 4.5 mill no stars needed
@@XAVIERCUERVO Is that what was the subject of the OP? No, it was not. Stop moving goal posts.
$4.5 million might cover some of the LEGAL fees, maybe.
The BEN HUR of 1907 was only 15 minutes long and was filmed in Brooklyn. $500 in those days? That's about right.
Your channel is really interesting
Make a vídeo about movie the Racket ( 1928 )
The Cost Of Making A Movie In 1927 14.3.24 good ol' julie...though i can't recall if it was stay off the drugs or out of the strip joints. discuss.....rfer to Hollywood Babylon...
I know this is just an article in a magazine, and that these numbers are not your work, but the numbers for "Famous Films And Their Earnings" are not right. The article is right when it says that after eighteen months the earnings drop off.
Over the past few weeks, I had been doing reasearch on some of these films and the box office for my podcast. Miracle Man is the oldest, and it was claimed to be at 2.4 Mil in 1920. In that case, that number in the article may be correct, or even an underestimation.
As for the numbers for Robin Hood, Gold Rush, and Way Down East, I have the four year totals from the United Artists archives. Gold Rush was 2.28 mil, Robin Hood was 2 mil (not that far off), and Way Down East was 1.87 mil. The article's box office number of Ten Commandments ($4.5 mill) was generally used over the decades, but according to Bob Birchard, who did a book on DeMille's films, the more accurate number would be a little over 2 Mil. Also, I think the Four Horsemen is also very inflated. But due to Valentino's death in 1926, there was a big surge in box office for Valentino movies, but I doubt it was up to 4 Mill. . According to a box office figure published in 1920 (five years after the relase of BIRTH OF A NATION), the movie had made 2.1 Mil at that point. It was regularly run into the 1930s, but usually as low prices. BIRTH is still considered the most profitable movie made in the silent era.
Lol I just made a feature film for 15k this year. It probably won’t make its money back though
The Cost Of Making A Movie In 1927 14.3.24 i await my pampering. let me know when......
Ar 4:30, you say Twenty thousand, but it gets captioned as two hundred twenty thousand dollars.
I right even with todays Hollywood the most profitable will also have loss , So of the titles you have mention are also lost.
Bring back black face in cinema!
Make comedy great again
As always, seems that little has changed in the battle between the film industry and the average filmgoer, in the last 121 years. Also @8:28 'Will you do the Fandango!' 🥸Peace All