Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Film finance task force

Welcome to the Film finance task force! This is a task force run by WikiProject Films

Scope

Articles that predominantly focus on box-office grosses and admissions, sales, budgets and the general business side of the film industry will come within the scope of this task force. The task force will also endeavor to ensure that the financial information present in general film articles is correct and sourced.

Guidelines

Existing guidelines relating to film finances are noted here.

Box-office

For guidelines relating to box-office in film articles, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film § Box office.

Provide a summary of the film's commercial performance (box office grosses), denominated in the film's national currency, if possible. Avoid terminology such as "domestic" and "international", which is used by sites such as Box Office Mojo for box office figures from the United States and Canada, and elsewhere. Also avoid terms such as "North America" which will vary in meaning among Wikipedia readers, and instead specify the countries (for example, use "United States and Canada") or indicate additional figures as outside the primary country or territory. Since countries and territories may not precisely match in count, copy the term used by the source(s) being referenced for box office coverage.

This information can be included under the release section (see above), the reception section, or if sufficient coverage exists, it is recommended that this information is placed in a "Box office" or "Theatrical run" section. In addition to worldwide box office statistics, this section may detail specific results of opening weekends, results from different English-speaking territories, the number of theaters the film was released into, and audience demographics. Coverage of a notable opening in a country not of the film's origin may be included (e.g., an article on an American film set in China may include discussion of the film's performance in that country). Box office statistics can be sourced from dedicated tracking websites such as Box Office Mojo or Deadline Hollywood, and print publications such as Variety or The Hollywood Reporter. Determine a consensus from objective (retrospective if possible) sources about how a film performed and why, but editors should not draw their own conclusions about the success or failure of the film.

Infobox

For guidelines relating to the budget and gross parameters in the infobox on film articles, see Template:Infobox film § Parameters.

Participants

• Betty Logan (talk) 19:44, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
• El Millo (talk) 20:26, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
• Sock (tock talk) 21:28, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
• BOVINEBOY2008 00:52, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Resources

Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Resources

Name	Online access	Type	Notes and limitations	Owner
Boxoffice Pro	link	Box office performance, home video sales, news, budget figures	Boxoffice.com is the official web presence of Boxoffice Pro magazine, a journal serving the exhibition industry since the silent era. Care should be exercised in regards to their budget figures, since it is not clear what they cover, and are usually inconsistent with other published budget figures; if you decide to use them in this capacity, it would be prudent to corroborate the data with another reliable source.	National Association of Theatre Owners
Box Office Mojo	link	Box office performance, home video sales, news, budget figures		IMDb, a subsidiary of Amazon.com
The Numbers	link	Box office performance, home video sales, news, budget figures		Nash Information Services, LLC.
Lumiere	link	Database on admissions of films released in Europe		European Audiovisual Observatory

Additionally, Deadline Hollywood (link) can also be used to cite box office numbers of films currently releasing in theaters. Note their data may not be as precise as some of the sources listed above.

Tagging and assessment

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Box Office Mojo

The Box Office Mojo website underwent an overhaul in 2019, resulting in several bugs that led to errors in charts and grosses in the database. The full extent of the issue is explained at the IMDb Customer Community boards. The second and third problems on that list (the incorrect release years and the algorithmic error in the weekend charts) have been addressed to the best of our knowledge.

However the first problem (the double counting of some release grosses) still remains and will need to be fixed manually. To take Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 as an example, the 2010 New Zealand gross is included again in the 2016 reissue gross and the 2010 Spain gross is included again in 2020 reissue gross. This means that these two grosses are counted twice (once in the original gross and again in the reissue gross), and thus artificially inflating the lifetime gross of the film.

This seems to be a common error affecting a whole slew of films that have had re-releases. The goal is to catalog the grosses that have been double-counted in the table below and liaise with Box Office Mojo staff to correct the figures. This venture is of mutual benefit to both Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo.

Double-counted grosses

Title	Country	Gross year	Reissue year	Mistake in numbers	Fixed
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	Ukraine	2019	2020	$2,550,112 → $7,466 (?)
	Brazil	2019	2020	$33,018 → $14,936 (?)
Parasite	Bulgaria	2019	2020	$2,057 → ?
Escape Room (2017) → Escape Room (2019)	Ukraine	—	2017 → 2019	$1,068wknd → re-release of 2019 film
The Addams Family (2019)	Bulgaria	2019	2020	$32,617 → $1,624 (?)
The Lion King (2019)	Bulgaria	—	2020	$175,086 → remove
	Portugal	—	2020	$732,110 → $1,387 (?)
	United Kingdom	—	2020	$5,020,760 (?)
Captain Marvel	Portugal	2019	2020	$186,882 → $2,979 (?)
Black Panther	Portugal	2018	2020	$133,550 → $1,758
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	Ukraine	2018	2020	$1,992,871 → $13,695 (?)
			2020 2020	$852 (Brazil) $1,889 (Mexico) (?)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again	Croatia	2018	2020	$34,296 → $1,822 (?)
			2020 2020 2020 2020 2020	$1,349 (Austria) $1,028 (Netherlands) $2,331 (Slovenia) $158 (Spain) $190 (New Zealand) (?)
Deadpool 2	Australia	2018	2020	$165 → $304 (?)
Incredibles 2	Portugal	2018	2020	$283,855 → $934 (?)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi	Bulgaria	2017	2020	$158,643 → remove
The Hitman's Bodyguard	South Korea	2017	2020	$16,285wknd → re-release
Get Out	Australia	2017	2020	$154,247 → $3,889 (?)
	South Korea	2017	2018 2018	$1,697 → into 2018 re-release $6,561 → $8,096 (?)
	Uruguay	2017	2017	$383wknd → Original Uruguayan release
Ice Age: Collision Course	Bulgaria	2016	2020	$175,937 → remove
Deadpool	Australia	2016	2020	$99,418 → $571 (?)
	New Zealand		2020	$125,218 → $1,682
Furious 7	Bulgaria	2015	2020	$206,645 → remove
Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Bulgaria	2015	2020	$230,509 → $412
	Australia	2015	2021	$1,066,200?
Yo-kai Watch: The Movie	South Korea	2015	2016	$47,642,462 → $2,207,657
While We're Young	Italy	2015	2015 2015	$145,942 → remove
Interstellar	South Korea	2014	2020	$5,963,657 → $77,713 (?)
	Australia	2014	2021	$14,402,971 (?)
	South Korea	2014	2021	$57,679,500 → $84,904 (?)
Annabelle	New Zealand	2014	2020	$531,621 → $359 (?)
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil	Hong Kong	2011	2011 2011	Confused with Red Riding Hood [1] (?) $6,817,189 → $190,233 (?)
Drive	South Korea	2011	2020	$210,615 → $25,198 (?)
Inception	Brazil	2010	2013 (?)	$1,565,477 → ?
Knight and Day	South Korea	2010	2008 (?)	$59,333 → remove
The Ugly Truth	Slovenia	2009	2009 2009	$25,243 → remove (Gola resnica film) $116,383,693 → remove, $300,482 → original release
Day Watch		2006	2006 2007	$38,411,815 → $34,267,145 (orig. release) $4,506,117 → original release
Out of the Blue		2006	2006 2007	$731,039 → $723,690 (orig. release) $8,826 → original release
Pierrepoint		2006	2006 2007	$614,906 → $429,706 (orig. release) $209,950 → original release
Requiem		2006	2006 2006	$252,860 → $5,095 (orig. release) $260,877 → original release
Eleven Men Out		2005	2005 2007	$221,655 → $165,922 (orig. release) $56,733 → $57,035 → original release
Revolver		2005	2005 2007	$6,727,187 → $6,383,305 (orig. release) $428,620 → original release
The Amateurs		2006	2005 2007	$47,919 → $9,308 (orig. release) $54,945 → original release
Water		2005	2006	$4,893,243 → $2,300,674 (international)
Mountain Patrol		2005	2005 2006	$26,460 → $10,383 (orig. release) $159,460 → original release
20 Centimeters		2005	2005 2006	$422,000 → $415,765 (orig. release) $17,632 → original release
Il ne faut jurer... de rien!		2005	2005 2006	$6,019,125 → $5,886,689 (orig. release) $155,878 → original release
Dark Water (2005) / Dark Water (2002)		2005	2005 2005	$24,010,000 (int.) → include int. grosses from "re-release" $25,473,352 (dom.) → original release, $18,873,727 → remove
	Taiwan	—	2005 → 2002	$651,029 → 2002 film
Black		2005	2003 (?) 2005	$3,141 → remove $1,263,200 → original release
The New World		2005	2005 2005	$17,823,920 → $269,908 (Dutch release in 2006, not 2003) $31,510,855 + $269,908 → original release
Night Watch		2004	2004 2006	$32,396,890 → $15,875,743 (orig. release) $17,939,389 → original release
The Chorus		2004	2004 2005	$82,032,134 (orig. release) $6,353,810 → $1,548,036 (re-release)
Dead Man's Shoes		2004	2004 2006	$191,673 → $186,304 (orig. release) $11,777 → original release
Games of Love and Chance		2004	2004 2005 2007	$1,332,709 → $1,167,771 $249,616 → $8,085 (?) $164,938 → remove (?)
Kamikaze Girls		2004	2004 2005	$5,151,609 → $5,046,894 (orig. release) $139,139 → original release
Three... Extremes	Taiwan	2004	2004	$1,602 → $247,059 (?)
			2005	$84,976 → original release
The Overture		2004	2004 2005	$1,300,586 → $1,297,100 (orig. release) $5,740 → original release
Wondrous Oblivion		2004	2004 2006	$802,740 (orig. release) $571,562 → $88,560 → original release
The Room (2003) / The Room (2019)		—	2003	$4,971,497 → $1,301,103
		—	2019 2020 2020	$3,453,912 → $1,483,424 $216,482 $41,412
Memento	South Korea	2001	2020	$247,290 → $39,547 (?)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Brazil	2001	2020	$3,552,958 → $16,172 (?)
	South Korea	2001	2021	$2,504,289 (?)
	Netherlands	2001	2021	$4,328,645 (?)
	Italy	2001	2021	$4,410,216 (?)
Shrek	Australia	2001	2020 2021	$33,941 (?)
Gladiator	Netherlands	2000	2020	$4,777,216 → $15,186 (?)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)		1991	2010	$14,410,056 → $2,893,870
The Little Mermaid (2018) → The Little Mermaid (1989)	New Zealand	—	2018 → 2020	$17wknd → re-release
Dirty Dancing	Germany		2007 ("1997") 2007	$50,683 ("1997") → 2007 re-release, $310,033 ("1997") — remove
The Shining	Italy	—	2020	$190,216 → $4,940 (?)
	United Kingdom	—	2020	$278,202 → $49,725 (?)
Some Like It Hot (1959)	Australia	—	2020	$115,084 → $1,400 (?)
	New Zealand	—	2016 → 2016	$3,103 → 2016 film
Toy Story / Toy Story 2 double bill (2009)		2009	2009	$32,284,600 (Toy Story / Toy Story 2 double bill gross now credited solely to Toy Story)
Beauty and the Beast (2017)	New Zealand	—	2020	$373,242 (?)
Jurassic Park (1993)		1993	—	Total grosses: $1,109,802,321 → $1,033,928,303 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Rogue One	Colombia	2016	2022	$1,261,755 → $478 (?)
Zootopia	Australia	2016	2020	$329,209 (?)
Moana	Australia	2016	2020	$17,014,054 (?)
The Secret Life of Pets	Australia	2016	2022	$18,869,838 → $497 (?)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Italy	2002	2021	$22,053,763 → $373,775 (?)
	Italy	2002	2022	$22,307,825 → $10,907 (?)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Spain	2014	2020	$5,710,065 → $11,794 (?)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle	Australia	2017	2020	$33,166,426 (?)
Bohemian Rhapsody	Australia	2018	2020	$626,679 (?)
	New Zealand	2018	2020	$53,673 (?)
	United Kingdom	2018	2020	$6,209,212 (?)