A movie like House of the Dead with around $7 million budget or Alone in the Dark with around $16 million budget are much easier to make profit than the typical $50 million major motion picture.
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Related I need three million dollars to make a low-budget, intellectual, artistic, exciting, erotic movie wi... RAY MANZAREK The budget changes every year and to match the $16 million we have to make up 20 percent of that, wh... JOE DIAZ The city of Houston has a $2 billion-a-year budget, ... so $3 million is not going to make or break ... FRANK MICHEL You can have a million dollar, 20 million dollar budget or 60 million dollar budget, and if you don&... TIPPI HEDREN [But in one big way, movies and opera are not alike.] The budget for 'The Grand Duchess' was $2 mill... GARRY MARSHALL If the Legislature enacted every initiative (Doyle) proposed tomorrow, it would be less than $15 mil... MELANIE FONDER You could go out with a camcorder tomorrow and make a movie with virtually no money, but promoting a... AMY HECKERLING The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the 12 box stars are ge... DIRK BENEDICT It was a million dollars over budget. GEORGE ECKES Initially, we are allocating $6 million from our budget to the joint venture. ALEXEI MILLER We have to monitor it all the time. In 2004, we submitted a $30 million budget, but only actually sp... CHRIS FORD Our budget is about $5 million a year to advertise tourism nationwide. That's not much, SANDY SHILSTONE It showed that you could make a $200 million movie that actually didn't bomb, because most of the bi... JOHN DAVIS With a $40 million budget, I would say that $500,000 is an adequate reserve in that fund. DAVID RYAN Fuel prices have more than doubled, and we're anticipating a $6 million shortfall in the 2006 budget... JUSTIN JONES In the movie, the painting is supposed to be worth $100 million. No painting is worth $100 million. ... CHRISTOPHER MOORE Our economic model is much different than the studios. When a Rob Zombie movie like 'The Devil's Rej... TOM ORTENBERG We finished the fiscal year at the end of June $7.5 million over budget for fuel costs. If we contin... CANDACE SMITH Sales of 16 million now looks a lot less profitable than 16 million did a few years ago, ROD LACHE We can still do a stop motion feature for about one-third of what it costs Pixar or DreamWorks or Bl... HENRY SELICK The only information I have is that he was at the halfway house, and was missing when they took the ... CHERYL MILLION It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on ... OPRAH WINFREY We actually collected about 40.5 million with about 7 million dollars pledged PAT TAYLOR Every penny that we lower it, that's $5 million from the budget. MAUREEN CADDIGAN With the end of the third sales phase, 2.6 million of the approximately 3 million available tickets ... HORST SCHMIDT That's the million-dollar question. We're optimistic. But we're waiting to see what's in the budget. MIKE BOULUS The original scope of the project was in the $165 million range, but I anticipate that budget may be... DICK FEINBERG The original scope of the project was in the $165 million range but I anticipate that budget may be ... DICK FEINBERG Motion picture history was made this weekend. The first four days of 'Reloaded' exceeded the previou... DAN FELLMAN The 2006 budget is built on the assumption that NPB will collect $52 million. DANITA RODIBAUGH This week we are closing a $30 million private equity placement. With the equity placement and cash ... CEO RICH GRANGE The airlines are not flying as much, so they're not burning as much fuel, and the bankrupt airlines ... GLENN BURKE We could possibly generate around $15 million this year alone in the state, ... Our goal is to reach... JACK HAWKINS Modern motor vehicles are safer and more reliable than they have ever been - yet more than 1 million... TOM CHATFIELD The number of Hispanic college graduates increased by 806,000 from approximately 3.6 million to 4.4 ... BOB JORDAN Preliminary assessments made give us a figure of around 80 million Namibian dollars (13 million US d... KATRINA HANSE It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide... OPRAH WINFREY When we are running full out, we average around 35 million gallons (of water) a week. Annually, we c... ALEX KAUFMAN The governor has proposed a budget that's $15 million short of what's needed to fund all school-base... KAREN HUXTABLE This nation's 23 million small businesses need a budget that reflects their value to the economy... SOLOMON ORTIZ Only the amnesty leg 'worked.' That is, a lot of foreign lawbreakers got full amnesty, and it spurre... JAMES EDWARDS There are like a million cell phones with Internet access today. Just wait until 100 million have In... ARISTOTLE BALOGH Ours is a 50:50 JV, with an equity base of $10 million each. AJIT NAMBIAR Dream big, then bring your arms around it. There are always ways to make a house more than it can be... HAL DAVIS It's huge. My guess, and it's a complete guess, is somewhere around $25 million to $30 million. It c... ROBERT WALKER Before the revolution we had 300 for six million people in Tehran, but now we have less than 200 for... ABBAS KIAROSTAMI I can't commit to staying in the $53 million budget. But we will stretch it as far as we can. HUNTER SPENCER In order to cover the potential shortfall of $3.8 million caused by the delay in receiving the gamin... TOM MURPHY The Italian-based horse is worth somewhere around $10 million after winning six of seven major races... CHRIS EVANS The movie business is not about the money. Of course, you need money to make the movie. If you have ... MARJANE SATRAPI I am running for this position because it is an important one. This is an office with a multi-millio... JON RYAN We expect to generate more than $60 million this year at our campuses around the world, ... That num... JACK HAWKINS The Republican budget proposal announced today would cut Wisconsin schools by at least $400 million ... DEMOCRATIC GOVJIM DOYLE We've tripled the amount of money - I believe it's from $50 million up to $195 million available. ANONYMOUS It's $16 million or $18 million (in cuts) that year and the year after that. This is not going to be... KATHY NEVILL After investing more than $500 million in business infrastructure and education during the present c... MARK WILLIS Money doesn't always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people wit... HOBART BROWN Whoever gets the picture is going to be a very happy person. If somebody gets the first baby picture... GARY MORGAN Total budget that includes programming, staff and facilities is something over half a million dollar... DEAN FALK The marketing costs are insane now. So even if you've got a picture like 'Flipped' which... ROB REINER Without him, we wouldn't have recovered, I don't think. He pitched like a guy that was in the rotati... BOBBY COX We had a production capacity of 5 million tons in 2005, with 2 million under construction ... We wil... JAMSHED IRANI It was a tight budget year, but the administration's support for Guam is evidenced in the renegotiat... ALEX CONANT I like that there is no jeopardy when I work on a film with Chris, ... Castle Rock (Entertainment) j... EUGENE LEVY I am concerned by recent developments in Uganda and I have decided to cut 15 million pounds from our... HILARY BENN Appropriations are around $140 million this year. There should be only minor adjustments. We hope th... DAVID LAIRD Today osteoporosis affects more than 75 million people in the United States, Europe and Japan and ca... GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND Three years ago we received 7 million applications. This year, we project 13 million applications. N... FRANK MOSS Having more money does not insure happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than peo... HOBART BROWN Having more money does not insure happiness. People with ten million
dollars are no happier than peo... HOBART BROWN There are still a lot of places around the globe where eight million people get along a lot better t... ANDREW KARMEN When I build something for somebody, I always add $50 million or $60 million onto the price. My guys... DONALD TRUMP In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around th... DANIEL CLOWES As we may know, osteoporosis affects around 10 million Americans, most of whom are over 55, and it i... LOIS CAPPS There are 80 million moms in the United States. Forty million stay at home with their children. ANDREW SHUE We aren't upset when Paramount makes a $200 million movie that flops, but if a charity experimen... DAN PALLOTTA We revised the budget based upon September and October taxes that had been collected. When I am look... JULES GAUDIN It's been very positive. In the typical November to December shopping season we would expect 3.5 mil... DEBBIE MARTINEZ We have already taken major steps toward these goals by slashing our debt by more than $600 million ... LAWRENCE WEINBACH You don't have to make $20 million every time you make a movie. JOAN CUSACK Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million. ANONYMOUS Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER The state of Illinois had $17 million to spend, with requests for $67 million, JOHN SULLIVAN Even if 1 million of them need assistance and the state pays 10,000 yuan (US$1,200) each for their a... LI GUOAN Some of the fossils are up to 230 million years old with a total value of between four and five mill... IAN CAMPBELL The show will lose $16 million this year. GARTH ANCIER We expect the company to finish Q1 2001 with approximately $667 million in cash and Q1 2002 with $75... TIM ALBRIGHT The Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act that is before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives has ... ALVIN SYKES We very much do compete with them. We have 4 million active subscribers. That makes us a major playe... GARY BAKER More than 50 million people around the world died during the 1918-1919 flu pandemic. That's why ... TOM FRIEDEN We moved down to 16.3 million in North America in '05, and I'm expecting about 16 million for 2006, ... CARLOS GOMES Money doesn't always bring happiness. A man with ten million dollars is no happier than a man with n... SOURCE UNKNOWN Symantec is milking its (40 million to 50 million users) because most users would rather continue to... GENE MUNSTER [Before he left New Orleans, the 2004 Masters champion landed yet another of those] opportunities ..... MARDI GRAS This is prime time for a picture like this between nomination and awards. This is when they make all... BRANDON GRAY Anytime you do a movie with a cost of $200 million, you have a risk. DENNIS MCALPINE The exit polls are great. Sixty percent of the audience were males. It was 50 percent over-25 and 50... DAN FELLMAN Nature got it right with the cranes. They have been around since the Eocene, which ended 34 million ... ALEX SHOUMATOFF In my opinion it's worth a significant amount more. It certainly is in excess of $50 million. It's p... BILL SAGAN I'm feeling like a million dollars. It's 100 percent. I'm very relieved it's come around. TRENT EDWARDS
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