Joe Syracuse
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Financial Data

Film Title Release (m/yr)

	Film Title	Release (m/yr)	Est. Production Cost (millions)	US Box Office (000's)	Foreign Box Office (000's)	Worldwide Box Office (000's)	Est. World Film Rentals (000's) Est. Profitable
	The War With Grandpa	10/2020	30	21,150	18,750	39,900	17,441
	Dear Dictator	03/2018	7	N/A	10	10	4
	Amateur Night	08/2016	7	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Parental Guidance	12/2012	28	77,275	42,780	120,055	53,431
	Surfs Up	06/2007	75	58,400	89,100	147,500	63,088

Note: Film Rentals is the amount received by Distributors from Theaters/Exhibitors. A film's profitability may be assessed when estimated world film rentals approach/equal/exceed estimated production cost. DVD, Television, Digital and Ancillary revenues are then added and production, marketing and other costs deducted (Cost variables may affect this calculation).

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Approximately one half of the films released each year in the U.S. avoid the considerable marketing costs of a wide release in theaters and go directly to digital and other media often taking them into profit. A substantial number are made for and streamed by Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Disney, Apple, Peacock, HBO and similar platforms.