Hollywood Mogul Thread

[Guest John Cena]

You'll have to create ppl through the Worldwide Talent Search

[Godfatha]

I played it a lot but it got boring as I was making money hand over fist. Even my porno films that I released direct to video was making me a good profit.

The biggest net profit I ever made:

Title: Public Perception

Synopsis: Supsense Thriller, A corporation struggles to contain a disaster.

Domestic: $518,936,000

Foreign: $782,008,000

Total: $1,642,006,000

Awards: Best Movie, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor,

Writer: Boog Tyler

Producer: Guy Scott

Director: Oliver Stone

Starring: Tom Hanks, Jullianne Moore

Supporting Roles: Jonathan Ke Quan and Mena Suvari

The movie I thought would flop which was a huge success:

Stuffed Heads, written, produced and Starring Angelina Jolie. "An alien race hunts humans for sport."

But I put M. Night Shymalayan on director, put Brad Pitt opposite Jolie and for the supporting cast I put Laurence Fishburne and Brittany Murphy.

Made $1,006,935,000.

[The Sultan of Swank]

Sorry for the double reply, but i've been able to pry myself away from the game, and i've finally got the hang of it. Best movie ever?

Walking Tall > 1,506,959,000 Worldwide Box Office release.

And Sean Connery retired to go to a nudist colony.

Is there anyway to keep the game fresh after years upon years? I mean, i've been playing so long people are dropping left and right, and i'm not sure how much longer i'll be able to play.

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[CKN]

how do people get these huge profits the best I have gotten was like $300 million worldwide with my Stephen Kings The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger so how do people do it?

[The Sultan of Swank]

how do people get these huge profits the best I have gotten was like $300 million worldwide with my Stephen Kings The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger so how do people do it?

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[Mongrel]

You hardly ever make a good movie without rewriting the script many times over.

[apsham]

Now, whenever I do rewrites the script quality really goes down, like it was done from a page one rewrite, so I only buy movies that already have screenplays and at least four stars. Then I can pimp it out with a giant budget and the people flock to my movie.

[Guest John Cena]

I just do script rewrites and polishes until I get 5* scripts and then I give it whatever budget, etc. Once in a long while I hit the jackpot with a profit around 800 mil - 1 billion, but often times it's less or even a loss.

[Godfatha]

Now, whenever I do rewrites the script quality really goes down, like it was done from a page one rewrite, so I only buy movies that already have screenplays and at least four stars. Then I can pimp it out with a giant budget and the people flock to my movie.

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[apsham]

I have a question, when you're first starting out, do your movies automatically not draw as much? Is there some kind of reputation factor in the game?

[ROC]

I have a question, when you're first starting out, do your movies automatically not draw as much? Is there some kind of reputation factor in the game?

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[apsham]

I was just wondering, because i'm having films with GIANT budgets, BETTER actors, LOTS of advertisement, and they don't make shite at the box office, where as before when I didn't know what I was doing, I was making 1,00,000,000 box office releases.

[Guest John Cena]

It's all about balancing everything out just right and making sure the cast doesn't clash with each other. Just because you spend more doesn't mean you'll get more.

[apsham]

Another thing though, is that my screen tests all get in the 99 percent region, but the movie still does shitty in theatres across the country, you'd think that means the movie is good and people would want to see it.

[Guest John Cena]

What month are you releasing the movies in? The best months are from May thru August and December to January. October is best for horror movies and February is best for romantic oriented movies. If the movie gets 98-99% ratings at screenings but does shitty and ur releasing movies in any of the months I listed above, then it may be a glitch that not many people, if any, get.

[Godfatha]

Another thing though, is that my screen tests all get in the 99 percent region, but the movie still does shitty in theatres across the country, you'd think that means the movie is good and people would want to see it.

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[apsham]

Weird thing is that I was giving out less advertisements when I first started and I was doing great, now I shill it out on most films like this:

3.500 theatres

TV: 30-35 million

Print: 20-25 million

Radio: 5 million

Before I gave less, it's very odd because i'm doing better, hiring all the top actors getting 4-5 stars in just about everything. It's very odd, and makes me sad. I'll experiment tonight with giving out less like I used to.

[apsham]

Here's an experiment that i've done, it came out a lot better than most of my films do now, but this was an extreme case that I threw money at over and over again. It still lost money however, dropping from 1,000,000,000 to the end result, 700,000,000 some:

Gladiator - Script ****

Action Adventure

COSTS:

Physical Costs: $104,000,000

Pyro Costs: $10,000,000

Stunt Costs: $10,000,000

Robotics Cost: $5,000,000

Industry Standard Equipment: $10,000,000

State-of-the-Art Equipment: $20,000,000

Ground Breaking Equipmen: $20,000,000

ACTORS AND TALENT:

(ranked 16th) Director: Quentin Tarintino *****

(ranked 1st) Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer *****

(ranked 1st) Star Actor: Russel Crowe *****

(ranked 15th) Supprting Actress: Jennifer Connoley *****

(ranked 2nd) Supprorting Actor: Mel Gibson *****

(ranked 8th) Supporting Actor: Denzel Washington *****

(ranked 11th) Supporting Actor: Tom Hanks *****

Minor Roles: All A-List Actors

ADVERTISEMENT:

Theatre Distrubution: 3,500 theatres across America (maximum)

Television Ads: $35,000,000

Radio Ads: $8,000,000

Print Ads: $25,000,000

ADDITIONAL COSTS (events after it has been greenlighted):

Total: 37,500,000

RELEASE:

Test Screen: 99% across the boards

Release Date: August 2005

Domestic Box Office: $102,691,000

World Box Office: $230,000,000

Worldwide Box Office: $332,691,000

RATINGS:

Everything was ***** except for Tom Hanks' performance which was ****.

[Godfatha]

OK, well what did it say for adverstiment? *****?

Secondly, you don't need to spend that much on groundbreaking SFX, it's just a waste of money.

Thirdly, there's way too many A-list actors on there, I usually use on A-list actor for the main role, then an average Female actor, and ditto for the Supporting role.

It could be you're throwing too much money at the advertisements, if you do, fans will get sick of seeing it and won't see the movie.

The way I do it is thus:

TV: $20 million

Radio: $3-7 million.

Print: $1-2 million.

Of course it all depends on the budget of the movie as well. Play around with it, that's part of the fun, it's no fun if you're always getting $1billion revenue. That's why I stopped playing.

[Guest John Cena]

I usually do

TV: $25 mil

Print: $20 mil

Radio: $10-15 mil

I might go less if I kno the movie is going to suck but usually I stick to that guideline.