
In the film Affleck plays a math savant turned accountant who is cooking the books of some of the world’s most dangerous criminal organizations, that is until a U.S. Simmons, Jon Bernthal and Jeffrey Tambor, is expected to top the box office. “Kevin Hart: What Now?” leads Fandango’s weekend pre-sale tickets, but “The Accountant,” starring Ben Affleck opposite Anna Kendrick, J.K. “Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life”

“Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” “If they did a Fathom model for comedy shows, that would be huge,” he said. Which recently signed a deal to show films in iPic theaters, is getting in the act, recently dropping “Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids.”Įven Fathom Events’ live in-theater events, such as Opera at The Met, bring in a ton of money, Dergarabedian said The film cost $60 million in production costs, but ultimately pulled in $261.2 million worldwide. Sony Pictures, in 2009, gave fans a last look at Michael Jackson in “This is It,” which earned $72.1 million. In 2011, Justin Bieber’s “Never Say Never” pulled in $73.0 million across 3,118 theaters on a $13 million production budget. Stand-up comedy isn’t the only kind of concert film that tends to succeed. You don’t have to spend a lot of money-maybe if you buy a leather suit.” This is a profit making machine for the studio, Kevin Hart and his team,” said ComScore media analyst Paul Dergarabedian. “There’s really nothing better than seeing comedy live, but short of that, you really want to see it with an audience. Kevin Hart’s “What Now?” had a production budget of $9.9 million.Įddie Murphy’s iconic “Raw” stand-up comedy concert film pulled in $50.5 million in 1987 on a reported production budget of $8 million.

Concert films can be profitable ventures for studios, when the talent is right.
