re: It All Depends on 'Dreamgirls' - The Fate of the Movie Musical
The thing about movies, is that 75% of all "current projects" loose money. Most studios make money on movies from DVD sales, merchandise and other royalties. That is why DVDs come out now 4 months after movies are in the theaters. There is a wonderful book, call "Big Picture" by Edward Epstein, that talks about hollywood financing and how movies make money in international sales and other revenues. I learned so much about Hollywood and movie processing from that book. Since several of these m...