How Much Does The Movie Have To Make To Be A Success?

[Woulfe]

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They may set aside some cash for refurbishing TNG, like they did for TOS, but you can bet that they won't be spending a ton on the FX redo, after all they're looking at the bottom line on how much they can make.

I think CBS didn't spend all that much to get TOS-R made, unless someone knows for a fact how much cash CBS tossed at it per episode. I'm willing to bet they spent about $100,000 or so per episode.

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I've heard that cost for TOS-R averaged around $200,000 per episode, but I don't have firm source for that, so take it for what it's worth. I don't think I'd hold my breath waiting for TNG-R, though; more than double the number of episodes ups the price tag significantly and perhaps more than CBS is willing to consider.

But this thread is really about the movie and its chances of doing well enough to get us more movies.

I know, that's why I said anyways and talked about what they are doing as far as the new movie goes.

As to how much it needs to make, I don't know, it'd be nice to have a grand total on how much they're spending on it, including advertising costs up to this point, so we can then figure out how much it would need to make.

Total would HAVE to include DVD sales, TV broadcasting rights, etc.

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* I'm not about to take a guess until I have a better idea how much Paramount is spending on it to start with *