'The Sinister Six' - Spider-Man Spin-Off Film

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Originally Posted by nolfoc

ha wow talk about starting a rumor and false speculation.. TASM2 made over 700 Million WW, how exactly is that losing a ton of money? they wanted to get to a Billion but fell 3 Million short. They moved TASM3 to 2017 to sort some shit out. New writers/director/producers etc. I personally think we get a Sinister Six movie first than Spiderman 3, but not a shot in hell is Spiderman dead and noway will this get rebooted again or sold to Disney

I was waiting until a post like this came along...let me help you.

1. I did not start this rumor.

2. Spidey did $705 million worldwide, with just 28.6% coming from the US (This is important because studios have different distribution deals across the world, so money earned in the international box office does not come all back to the studio in the same way it does in the US.)

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3. The production budget for Spidey was north of $250 million. (Source) This means that just to brake even, Spidey would have to do 2.5x this number, again, just to brake even. So while a haul $700 million looks nice in reports, that's only $75 million in profit for the studio (roughly). With international consideration in mind, and we know the production budget was only a minimum of $250, Spidey'a actual profit for the studio was only razor thin (if anything at all).

4. 700 million is not 3 million short of a billion, it's 300 million short of a billion.