8. EXERCISE Titanic $200,000,000 Spiderman 2 $200,000,000 Waterworld $175,000,000 The,Wild,Wild West $175,000,000 Van Helsing $170,000,000 Terminator 3 $170,000,000 Troy $150,000,000 With a partner, look at the list of the biggest film budgets and discuss what factors do you think helped secure such huge amounts of investment in these films?
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14. RELEASE CYCLES 0 months Theatrical release 3 months Airline 4-6 months Hotel pay-per-view 6 months PPV/Video-on-demand 6 months DVD rental 6-12 months DVD sale 18 months Pay-TV (eg FilmFour, Sky) 36 months Free-TV (eg BBC1) Further revenues are available from soundtracks, merchandise, sponsorship and long term library sales.