How come when I google that I get no relevant links at all? Just links of stories about how successful the movie has been?
WHAT DID PARAMOUNT KNOW.
WHEN DID THEY KNOW IT.
Extra precautions had to be taken in each theatre to keep the projectors from overheating from all the flares. Paramount had to pay $10K per site just for fire retardant for the projection rooms. Do you ever wonder why they never released budget numbers? It's because this movie literally broke the bank. Sumner Redstone looked at this film as his final f-you to Paramount. Ruin the studio forever with the modern day Cleopatra. When did you lose track of Zoe Saldana's costume changes? They were so damn expensive they even left a costume change on screen!
Uhhuh.
So why is Paramount saying this film is a huge success? That they are grateful for it?
You do realize the studio was OPEN about Cleopatra losing money right?
And again, do you have a cite for that BS you just said above, any industry source actually to back you up?
Cleopatra was a 20th Century Fox release...interestingly enough, they had to sell most of their backlot because of that film, and that's why that part of LA is called Century City.