[WWI] Flyboys DVD

[jamie]

Hi Diego;

If that is the case then it is in the top part of the list for returns. Most 
Hollywood movies do not come close to returning their 'cost' in US 
theatrical release. Of course this is based on Hollywood 'accounting' which 
makes Enron accountants look like honest folk. The real money these days is 
in the sale to various TV markets and in DVD sales.

DVD release is contracted even before the movie is released (sometimes even 
before it is completed). Remember what happened with Gladiator? That movie 
was available on DVD before it had finished theatrical release. It had far 
better 'legs' than anyone involved had imagined.

Jamie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diego Fernetti" <dfernet0 at rosario.gov.ar>
To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 6:17 AM
Subject: Re: [WWI] Flyboys DVD


> S!
>> Probably won't ever go to screen - let's face it, while the Lafayette 
>> Esc. is of interest to US viewers they're probably of markedly less 
>> interest outside.
>
> Read somewhere else that it just barely made the money it costed in the 
> USA. That's why the early release on DVD.
> Chances are that we wo't be seeing it in the cinemas.
> D.