thestaggy
Honorary Master
The four movies alone have recouped about a third of their their outlay on the rights, then you still have the DVD sales and merchandising (Lego, etc). I think they're still in good shape.
Cost of buying Star Wars: $4.05 billion
The Force Awakens
Production Budget: $308 million
Promotion Budget: Can be as much as 50% of the production budget or more, so call it $150 million
Box Office: $2.068 billion
Profit: $1.6 billion
Rogue One
Production Budget: $265 million
Promotion Budget: $130 million (Guesstimate)
Box Office: $1.056 billion
Profit: $661 million
The Last Jedi
Production Budget: $317 million
Promotion Budget: $150 million (Guesstimate)
Box Office: $1.333 billion
Profit: $866 million
Solo
Production Budget: $300 million
Promotion Budget: $150 million (Guesstimate)
Box Office: $392.9 billion
Loss: $57.1 million
Total box office profit on the films: $1.472 billion
But yeah, they need to do more Rogue Ones and less Solos.
