Use your search engines. The original production cost proposal was 120 million. The movie ended up costing 160 million fact. The advertising costs reach somewhere in the ballpark of 100 million. These numbers are all over the internet. Deny it all you want, it doesn't change the fact that many websites are reporting the same numbers. Use your search engines and stop calling people idiots.
Nobody's denying anything, dude. Why don't you show us some links? And while you're at it, why don't you give us some links to some projected returns and actual returns? And while you're at it, why don't you do some research into DVDs, merchandising, tie-ins, and promotional fees? And then why don't you put it into a handy spreadsheet with some other movies' statistics for comparative analysis? Maybe put in successful and unsuccessful film performance one week, one month, and six months out.
After you do all that, why don't you present your work to Paramount's marketing department so they can marvel at your genius?
ROFL, no. I hope that is sarcasm because that makes no sense. If that were true then Paramount wouldn't have a viable business model. They would just never make movies. Say the total production budget was that high and they were going to be happy with $50 million, which is what Paramount was orginally was saying was their goal for opening weekend, obviously if they got that they were planning on making a profit. 
and the ad budget looks not to be over $100 million...and the ad budget does not all go on top of the dam production budget.
