"geisha" is still in the red, and it will take years of tv/cable/pay-per-view/dvd sales before the movie earns back its costs.
production budget: 85 mil
prints and advertisting: 40 mil
oscar campaign: 5 mil
misc costs: 10 mil (such as flying the stars to different premieres, paying for hotel fees, etc.)
costs assoc. with "geisha": 140 mil
half of the box-office gross goes back to the studios/financiers after the theatres deduct their share of the take. that means that the people who paid for the movie only got 70 mil. rob marshall and the producers had gross points amounting to about 20% (the industry average for big movies). that means that the financiers had to pay 140 mil x 0.20 = 28 mil out of their 70 mil.
this leaves the financiers with 42 mil.
42 mil - 140 mil = -98 mil.
"geisha" is 98 mil in the red right now.
"艺伎"现在还亏损 98 mil US$.
