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Snakes on a Box Office Report III

September 3rd, 2006 at 2:03 am

According to BoxOfficeMojo Snakes on a Plane has now taken in $36,352,192 ($28,535,193 domestic + $7,816,999 foreign). If the budget numbers provided by IMDB are correct, the film is now officially in the black.

Black enough for a sequel?

Bonus video - why people shouldn’t be disappointed by the Snakes on a Plane box office:

Why Snakes on a Plane bombed

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I just looked at IMDB and it says Snakes cost $33 mill to make. Since the studios only get about 60% of theatrical ticket money (rest goes to movie theaters) they still have a ways to go to get in black. Plus it probably cose another 20 million at least for marketing. Snakes will make its money back, but probably only when DVDs, etc. are all added up.

Comment by Nick — September 3, 2006 @ 2:07 pm

28,535,193 Is the number domestic reported from rentrak also.

Comment by Jakob and Will — September 3, 2006 @ 2:29 pm

Hi -

The old rule of thumb was that a movie needs to gross 2.5 times its production cost to break even. However, in recent years home video (DVD’s etc) has become a greater source of revenue.

TWR
Los Angeles

Comment by Tom — September 3, 2006 @ 2:32 pm

yeah it doesn’t quite work that way.. they also had marketing costs.. and they only see about half of the overseas box office..

Comment by hierohero — September 3, 2006 @ 6:50 pm

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