Here's the domestic and foreign revenue for the wide release of the movie Knocked Up:
Domestic: $147,802,215 85.3%
+ Foreign: $25,536,260 14.7%
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= Worldwide: $173,338,475
Cost to produce: $30 million
* Knocked Up is rated R
And here's the domestic and foreign revenue for the wide release of the movie Mr. Bean's Holiday
Domestic: $11,637,800 5.8%
+ Foreign: $189,252,292 94.2%
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= Worldwide: $200,890,092
Cost to produce: estimated $22 million
* Mr. Bean's Holiday is rated G
Ironically both are released by Universal Pictures who despite the totals of these two films has had a surprising box office disaster with Evan Almighty
Domestic: $99,004,205 70.9%
+ Foreign: $40,700,375 29.1%
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= Worldwide: $139,704,580
Cost to produce: $175 million
* Evan Almighty is rated PG-13 (but is essentially G in content)
Cliche statement: Look how all those profits got washed away. Evan Almighty would have to make $350 million just to break even ... something it may not even be able to do until 5 or 6 years into home video release.
* Source for revenue data and pictures is BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM
* Movie distributors such as Universal see roughly 50% of box office revenue
I personally think Knocked Up is the best comedy I've seen since Wedding Crashers and Evan Almighty is one of the best family films to come out in a looooooong time. I don't even care to see Mr. Bean's Holiday.
[UPDATE] I got an interesting response to this post from someone I know that asked not be published by name, but that I might want to point out:
The movie, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry; a comedy about two guys that decide to fake a gay marriage cost $85 million to produce ... here are it's numbers:
Domestic: $114,649,735 94.0%
+ Foreign: $7,355,755 6.0%
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= Worldwide: $122,005,490
* I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry is rated PG-13
This movie was also released by Universal ... it would have to make $170 million to break even ... something it won't do for several years after it's home video release.
I didn't go see this movie because it didn't look in the least bit appealing to me.
That was my point but the inclusion of I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry helped my point a bit.
Universal was stupid to greenlight that much on the production of either I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry or Evan Almighty. The business decisions at Universal are horrible.
* Jeff Gaspin is CEO Of Universal.
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