That Successful $1.5 Million Movie…
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Imagine an age where the average house cost about $4000, the average car sold for under $800, and you could get a gallon of gas for around 10 cents. In 1937, $1.5 million probably wasn’t easy to part with for a movie… especially an animated movie. But on this day back in 1937, that movie hit the theaters and had itself a successful run over the years. The movie? Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. And it’s original domestic gross take? $66 million … a return of over 40 times the original investment. I wonder what Hollywood would be like if someone was ever able to match that kind of success with one of these $100 million movies. |
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Tags: animation, Dark Ramblings, december 21st and snow white  Jeffery Stevenson ... 11:57 pm
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