Does the flop formula work?

Flop formula= not a comedy+ a lister+ big budget (150 million+) + lost of special effects

Does the blockbuster formula still work?

1.highest budget. Dead mans chest budget-300mil grossed- 958mill. Highest grossing movie earned 3 times its budget. Received disappointing reviews.

2.highest grossing. Avatar 2009 budget-237 million  Grossed- 2.7 billion. Not the biggest budget but showed how it was not a major factor in the box office 

1. A flop is a film that doesn't double its profits from its budget. 

2. Double of its budget ( not reviews )

3. Money pumped into advertising and marketing, piracy also may prevent people going to the cinema as its much cheaper.

4. Films have to be similar to other successful films in order to attract audiences, creating a formula, which can actually drive away viewers.

5. A franchise is a film or a series of films that is merely a product or a business as it creates toys and other ways of making money 

Box office mojo-- use this site

Mark Komode- bbc film critic 

Multiplex- use different screens In cinemas to show a vast amount of films.

Cinema budget- the actual budget that is recorded and only spent on the production of the film

Marketing budget- is not included in the budget 

Flop Formula- high budget- visual effects- a list star- not a comedy

We have CGI in blockbusters to deter audiences from viewing the film illegally, this is to create a better experience in the cinema than to what you could get at home. This is also a way of generating a greater income as many teenagers have been spoon fed this formula and will go see it again and again.