‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Tops The Most Profitable Movies Of 2017
Box office reports are easy to parse through, but what about the overall net profit of a movie? And when you factor in production and marketing costs, what do the lists of highest-grossing movies really look like?
According to the new reports about the2017 most profitable movies, not too different than what you’d expect.
Deadlinereleased its annual list of most profitable movies, gauging the films' budgets and how much studios actually made on them. Unsurprisingly,Star Wars: The Last Jediled the pack, raking in $1.3 billion worldwide while losing 578.3 million in costs. Its total net profit comes out to $417.5 million — an impressive haul, even if it was considered adisappointment compared tothe gangbustersStar Wars: The Force Awakensperformed in 2015.The Last Jedistill came out on top of Disney’srecord-breakingBeauty and the Beast, and the surefire animation sequel hitDespicable Me 3. Surprise hitJumanji: Welcome to the Jungletook fourth place, followed by the massively successful R-rated horror filmIt. And it’s no surprise to anyone thatWonder Womanwas the most profitable superhero movie of the year, beating out evenSpider-Man: HomecomingandGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
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Get Out’s huge numbers are a pleasant surprise, capping off an amazing, awards-winning, Oscar-nominated year for the little Blumhouse horror film that could.
One interesting thing to note, however, is the dominance of Disney on this list. Disney and Disney-owned properties, Marvel and Lucasfilm, take five of the 10 slots on the 2017 most profitable movies list. However, 2017 was an astonishing year for surprise horror hits, with bothItandGet Outbecoming bonafide pop culture phenomenons.
It makes me wonder what 2018’s year-end box office list will look like.Black Pantherand itsrecord-breaking runis guaranteed a spot at the top of the list, but what could fill out the rest? More Disney and Marvel, to be sure. But maybe we’re in for another surprise horror or animated breakout film.
