>>55437523It is necessary to include the advertising expenses, which for an average international film is $100 million, but in addition to deducting a large percentage of the international box office because to the distribution process and a percentage that that country takes is diminished, this is why the Domestic box office is the most important. (Your movie could be a worldwide hit, but that money stays in those countries, giving you a tiny percentage unless you have all the worldwide distribution rights. Remember when Disney had the distribution rights to Ghibli? Well, if whether the film had international success or was a failure, that only affected Disney and not Ghibli, they were only affected by its box office in Japan)
As another anon said, for a film of this type to be profitable it is required that it at least double its budget so that the producers make a profit, this is why films like The Little Mermaid are considered flops, their worldwide collection does not compensate for the expense of the film for its production house.
