I’m not sure about these numbers. The production costs for Rob Zombie’s Halloween must have been very low. It made $80 million worldwide and got a sequel. Meanwhile, the 2009 Friday the 13th, with a modest $19 budget, made $91 million and killed the reboot franchise. I get the numbers there, actually. Roughly $20 million for the film, double that for advertising and such (no prints anymore), so we’re up to $40. You get roughly half the box office take back, and we’re talking maybe a VERY slight profit. And if advertising costs were higher, you might have lost a little money. (They were going to reboot Ft13th again, until Rings tanked and the project was cancelled. For now.)
In any case, Zombie’s film presumably made a little money, but the sequel made a lot less. Meanwhile, the more traditional Halloween sequel from last year, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, somehow cost half (!!) of that–$10 million–and made $255 million at the worldwide box office. Those are the numbers they want. How did they afford Curtis on that measly budget. I’m assuming she worked almost entirely for a piece of the box office, gross not net. If so, she must have done pretty well for herself.
