@ME September 6, 2010 at 4:49 am --

Yes, but here's the rest of what that Mr. Gille had to say:

" It seems unlikely that Takers will be able to recover its $32m production costs at the US/Canada box office, as approximately $60m would be needed for that. After all, another 45%-50% drop and the thriller should earn no more than $6m next weekend and $3m a week later; during the week, it has been averaging considerably less than $1k per theater. EVEN SO, TAKERS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY END UP IN THE BLACK ONCE FOREIGN AND ANCILLARY REVENUES ARE ADDED UP." <--Here's the link: altfg.com/blog/movie/hayden-christensen-takers-robert-rodriguez-machete-box-office/

... But that STILL doesn't answer just how he came up with that $60-Million production cost. My ONLY guess, is that he considers the difference between 60 and 32 ($60M-$32M=$28M) to be the marketing/promotion cost! There is NO WAY on God's Green-Earth and under his Sun-lit Sky, that 'Takers' was promo-ed for $28-Million - NO WAY!! Tell me, how many times did YOU see 'Takers' commercials ran on TV? I saw takers posters/blog ads, but I didn't see any TV ads!

K, they JUST updated boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/, now they're saying that "The American" and 'Machete' were both made for $20-Million. but deadline.com said it was made for $25-Million. Let's see if THOSE budgets incrementally creep-upwards! Remember, on Aug 27th, both you and I, while commenting on this very blog, SAW on boxofficemojo that 'Takers' had cost $20-Million. I saw a bunch of TV ads for all the other films, but NOT for 'Takers'.

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