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Charlatan · 11-22-2005, 12:16 PM

It also occurs to me that the death of Epics occured a long time ago and that what we've seen recently is just a recycling of a genre...

Furthermore, one of the biggest money losers of all time was Cleopatra (starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton - very big stars in 1963). Made for 44 million in 1963 it was WAY over budget and came nowhere near to recouping.

Edit: $44million in 1963 is roughly $236million today when adjusted for inflation... you also need to remember that people paid a lot less for cinema tickets, there was no video/DVD market and television license fees were almost non-existant. Box office was where you would make you money and that was really it.

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Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	It also occurs to me that the death of Epics occured a long time ago and that what we've seen recently is just a recycling of a genre... Furthermore, one of the biggest money losers of all time was Cleopatra (starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton - very big stars in 1963). Made for 44 million in 1963 it was WAY over budget and came nowhere near to recouping. Edit: $44million in 1963 is roughly $236million today when adjusted for inflation... you also need to remember that people paid a lot less for cinema tickets, there was no video/DVD market and television license fees were almost non-existant. Box office was where you would make you money and that was really it. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke Last edited by Charlatan; 11-22-2005 at 12:20 PM..