Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Film finance task force

Welcome to the Film finance task force! This is a task force run by WikiProject Films

Scope

Articles that predominantly focus on box-office grosses and admissions, sales, budgets and the general business side of the film industry will come within the scope of this task force. The task force will also endeavor to ensure that the financial information present in general film articles is correct and sourced.

Guidelines

Existing guidelines relating to film finances are noted here.

Box-office

For guidelines relating to box-office in film articles, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Film § Box office.

Provide a summary of the film's commercial performance (box office grosses), denominated in the film's national currency, if possible. Avoid terminology such as "domestic" and "international", which is used by sites such as Box Office Mojo for box office figures from the United States and Canada, and elsewhere. Also avoid terms such as "North America" which will vary in meaning among Wikipedia readers, and instead specify the countries (for example, use "United States and Canada") or indicate additional figures as outside the primary country or territory. Since countries and territories may not precisely match in count, copy the term used by the source(s) being referenced for box office coverage.

This information can be included under the release section (see above), the reception section, or if sufficient coverage exists, it is recommended that this information is placed in a "Box office" or "Theatrical run" section. In addition to worldwide box office statistics, this section may detail specific results of opening weekends, results from different English-speaking territories, the number of theaters the film was released into, and audience demographics. Coverage of a notable opening in a country not of the film's origin may be included (e.g., an article on an American film set in China may include discussion of the film's performance in that country). Box office statistics can be sourced from dedicated tracking websites such as Box Office Mojo or Deadline Hollywood, and print publications such as Variety or The Hollywood Reporter. Determine a consensus from objective (retrospective if possible) sources about how a film performed and why, but editors should not draw their own conclusions about the success or failure of the film.

Infobox

For guidelines relating to the budget and gross parameters in the infobox on film articles, see Template:Infobox film § Parameters.

Participants

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Resources

Main page: Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Resources

Name	Online access	Type	Notes and limitations	Owner
Boxoffice Pro	link	Box office performance, home video sales, news, budget figures	Boxoffice.com is the official web presence of Boxoffice Pro magazine, a journal serving the exhibition industry since the silent era. Care should be exercised in regards to their budget figures, since it is not clear what they cover, and are usually inconsistent with other published budget figures; if you decide to use them in this capacity, it would be prudent to corroborate the data with another reliable source.	National Association of Theatre Owners
Box Office Mojo	link	Box office performance, home video sales, news, budget figures		IMDb, a subsidiary of Amazon.com
The Numbers	link	Box office performance, home video sales, news, budget figures		Nash Information Services, LLC.
Lumiere	link	Database on admissions of films released in Europe		European Audiovisual Observatory

Additionally, Deadline Hollywood (link) can also be used to cite box office numbers of films currently releasing in theaters. Note their data may not be as precise as some of the sources listed above.

Tagging and assessment

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Box Office Mojo

The Box Office Mojo website underwent an overhaul in 2019, resulting in several bugs that led to errors in charts and grosses in the database. The full extent of the issue is explained at the IMDb Customer Community boards (archive). The second and third problems on that list (the incorrect release years and the algorithmic error in the weekend charts) have been addressed to the best of our knowledge.

However the first problem (the double counting of some release grosses) still remains and will need to be fixed manually. To take Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 as an example, the 2010 New Zealand gross is included again in the 2016 reissue gross and the 2010 Spain gross is included again in 2020 reissue gross. This means that these two grosses are counted twice (once in the original gross and again in the reissue gross), and thus artificially inflating the lifetime gross of the film.

This seems to be a common error affecting a whole slew of films that have had re-releases. The goal is to catalog the grosses that have been double-counted in the table below and liaise with Box Office Mojo staff to correct the figures. This venture is of mutual benefit to both Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo.

For more details about the issues of the top 50 highest-grossing films, see this table.

Double-counted grosses

Title	Country	Gross year	Reissue year	Mistake in numbers
Escape Room (2017) → Escape Room (2019)	Ukraine	—	2017 → 2019	$1,068wknd → re-release of 2019 film
The Addams Family (2019)	Bulgaria	2019	2020	$32,617 → $1,624 (?)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again	Croatia	2018	2020	$34,296 → $1,822 (?)
			2020 2020 2020 2020 2020	$1,349 (Austria) $1,028 (Netherlands) $2,331 (Slovenia) $158 (Spain) $190 (New Zealand) (?)
The Hitman's Bodyguard	South Korea	2017	2020	$16,285wknd → re-release
Get Out	Australia	2017	2020	$154,247 → $3,889 (?)
	South Korea	2017	2018 2018	$1,697 → into 2018 re-release $6,561 → $8,096 (?)
	Uruguay	2017	2017	$383wknd → Original Uruguayan release
Yo-kai Watch: The Movie	South Korea	2015	2016	$47,642,462 → $2,207,657
While We're Young	Italy	2015	2015 2015	$145,942 → remove
Annabelle	New Zealand	2014	2020	$531,621 → $359 (?)
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil	Hong Kong	2011	2011 2011	Confused with Red Riding Hood [1] (?) $6,817,189 → $190,233 (?)
Drive	South Korea	2011	2020	$210,615 → $25,198 (?)
Knight and Day	South Korea	2010	2008 (?)	$59,333 → remove
The Ugly Truth	Slovenia	2009	2009 2009	$25,243 → remove (Gola resnica film) $116,383,693 → remove, $300,482 → original release
Day Watch		2006	2006 2007	$38,411,815 → $34,267,145 (orig. release) $4,506,117 → original release
Out of the Blue		2006	2006 2007	$731,039 → $723,690 (orig. release) $8,826 → original release
Pierrepoint		2006	2006 2007	$614,906 → $429,706 (orig. release) $209,950 → original release
Requiem		2006	2006 2006	$252,860 → $5,095 (orig. release) $260,877 → original release
Eleven Men Out		2005	2005 2007	$221,655 → $165,922 (orig. release) $56,733 → $57,035 → original release
Revolver		2005	2005 2007	$6,727,187 → $6,383,305 (orig. release) $428,620 → original release
The Amateurs		2006	2005 2007	$47,919 → $9,308 (orig. release) $54,945 → original release
Water		2005	2006	$4,893,243 → $2,300,674 (international)
Mountain Patrol		2005	2005 2006	$26,460 → $10,383 (orig. release) $159,460 → original release
20 Centimeters		2005	2005 2006	$422,000 → $415,765 (orig. release) $17,632 → original release
Il ne faut jurer... de rien!		2005	2005 2006	$6,019,125 → $5,886,689 (orig. release) $155,878 → original release
Dark Water (2005) / Dark Water (2002)		2005	2005 2005	$24,010,000 (int.) → include int. grosses from "re-release" $25,473,352 (dom.) → original release, $18,873,727 → remove
	Taiwan	—	2005 → 2002	$651,029 → 2002 film
Black		2005	2003 (?) 2005	$3,141 → remove $1,263,200 → original release
The New World		2005	2005 2005	$17,823,920 → $269,908 (Dutch release in 2006, not 2003) $31,510,855 + $269,908 → original release
Night Watch		2004	2004 2006	$32,396,890 → $15,875,743 (orig. release) $17,939,389 → original release
The Chorus		2004	2004 2005	$82,032,134 (orig. release) $6,353,810 → $1,548,036 (re-release)
Dead Man's Shoes		2004	2004 2006	$191,673 → $186,304 (orig. release) $11,777 → original release
Games of Love and Chance		2004	2004 2005 2007	$1,332,709 → $1,167,771 $249,616 → $8,085 (?) $164,938 → remove (?)
Kamikaze Girls		2004	2004 2005	$5,151,609 → $5,046,894 (orig. release) $139,139 → original release
Three... Extremes	Taiwan	2004	2004	$1,602 → $247,059 (?)
			2005	$84,976 → original release
The Overture		2004	2004 2005	$1,300,586 → $1,297,100 (orig. release) $5,740 → original release
Wondrous Oblivion		2004	2004 2006	$802,740 (orig. release) $571,562 → $88,560 → original release
The Room (2003) / The Room (2019)		—	2003	$4,971,497 → $1,301,103
		—	2019 2020 2020	$3,453,912 → $1,483,424 $216,482 $41,412
Memento	South Korea	2001	2020	$247,290 → $39,547 (?)
Gladiator	Netherlands	2000	2020	$4,777,216 → $15,186 (?)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)		1991	2010	$14,410,056 → $2,893,870
The Little Mermaid (2018) → The Little Mermaid (1989)	New Zealand	—	2018 → 2020	$17wknd → re-release
Dirty Dancing	Germany		2007 ("1997") 2007	$50,683 ("1997") → 2007 re-release, $310,033 ("1997") — remove
The Shining	Italy	—	2020	$190,216 → $4,940 (?)
	United Kingdom	—	2020	$278,202 → $49,725 (?)
Some Like It Hot (1959)	Australia	—	2020	$115,084 → $1,400 (?)
	New Zealand	—	2016 → 2016	$3,103 → 2016 film
Avengers: Endgame		2019	—	Total grosses: $2,799,439,100 → $2,797,501,328 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Avengers: Infinity War		2018	—	Total grosses: $2,052,415,039 → $2,048,359,754 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Avengers: Age of Ultron		2015	—	Total grosses: $1,405,018,048 → $1,402,809,540 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
The Avengers		2012	—	Total grosses: $1,520,538,536 → $1,518,815,515 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Iron Man 3	South Korea	2013	2024	$51,341,392 → $6,412 (?)
		2013	—	Total grosses: $1,266,152,644 → $1,214,811,252 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Captain America: Civil War		2016	—	Total grosses: $1,155,046,416 → $1,153,337,496 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Captain Marvel	Portugal	2019	2020	$186,882 → $2,979 (?)
		2019	—	Total grosses: $1,131,416,446 → $1,128,274,794 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Black Panther	Portugal	2018	2020	$133,550 → $1,758 (?)
		2018	—	Total grosses: $1,349,926,083 → $1,347,280,838 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Thor: Ragnarok		2017	—	Total grosses: $855,301,806 → $853,983,879 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Deadpool 2	Australia	2018	2020	$165 → $304 (?)
Deadpool	Australia	2016	2020	$99,418 → $571 (?)
	New Zealand		2020	$125,218 → $1,682 (?)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2	Spain	2014	2024	$7,132,326 → $43,398 (?)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Australia	2018	2022	$8,716,099 (?)
	Australia	2018	2024	$9,303,699 → $439 (?)
Spider-Man: No Way Home	Spain	2021	2024	$31,350,372 → $26,093 (?)
The Dark Knight	South Korea	2008	2023	$1,100,000 → $144,883 (?)
The Dark Knight Rises	Australia	2012	2023	$202,000 → $1,220 (?)
	Australia	2012	2024	$29,640,706 → $44,123 (?)
		2012	—	Total grosses: $1,114,975,066 → $1,081,169,825 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Joker		2019	—	Total grosses: $1,078,958,629 → $1,074,458,282 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Aquaman		2018	—	Total grosses: $1,152,028,393 → $1,148,528,393 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Man of Steel		2013	—	Total grosses: $670,145,518 → $668,045,518 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice		2016	—	Total grosses: $874,362,803 → $873,637,528 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Wonder Woman		2017	—	Total grosses: $823,970,682 → $822,854,286 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Suicide Squad		2016	—	Total grosses: $749,200,054 → $746,846,894 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Justice League		2017	—	Total grosses: $661,326,987 → $657,926,987 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Shazam!	United States	2019	2021	$108,393 (?)
	New Zealand	2019	2023	$1,718,962 → $12 (?)
Frozen	Australia	2013	2020	$489,381 (?)
	New Zealand	2013	2022	$94,491 (?)
	Australia	2013	2023	$24,294,026 → $4,505 (?)
Frozen II		2019	—	Total grosses: $1,453,683,476 → $1,450,026,933 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Toy Story	United Kingdom	1995	2023	$27,418,849 → $206,580 (?)
Toy Story / Toy Story 2 double bill (2009)		2009	2009	$32,284,600 (Toy Story / Toy Story 2 double bill gross now credited solely to Toy Story)
Toy Story 3		2010	—	Total grosses: $1,067,316,101 → $1,066,970,811 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Toy Story 4		2019	—	Total grosses: $1,073,841,394 → $1,073,394,593 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Shrek	Australia	2001	2020 2021	$33,941 (?)
Shrek the Third	New Zealand	2007	2007	Removed $5,061,289 from the original gross, from $5,062,072 to $783
Ice Age: Collision Course	Bulgaria	2016	2020	$175,937 (?)
Incredibles 2	Portugal	2018	2020	$283,855 → $934 (?)
		2018	—	Total grosses: $1,243,225,667 → $1,242,805,359 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	Ukraine	2019	2020	$2,550,112 (?)
	Australia	2019	2024	$15,406,967 → $667 (?)
Zootopia	Australia	2016	2020	$329,209 (?)
		2016	—	Total grosses: $1,025,521,689 → $1,023,784,195 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
The Grinch	United States	2018	2021	$290,000 (?)
	Australia	2018	2022	$12,237,514 → $662 (?)
	New Zealand	2018	2022	$1,656,558 → $70 (?)
	Australia	2018	2023	$12,403,570 (?)
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation	Australia	2018	2021	$12,920,834 → $448 (?)
The Lion King (1994)		1994	1994	Added $7,600,000 to the original gross, from $763,455,561 to $771,055,561
		1994	2011	Added $500,000 to the 2011 3D re-release, from $185,542,001 to $186,042,001
	South Korea	1994	2024	$2,425,065 → $11,560 (?)
		1994	—	Total grosses: $981,708,285 → $970,707,763
The Lion King (2019)	Portugal	2019	2020	$732,110 → $1,387 (?)
	Australia	2019	2021	$351,048 (?)
		2019	—	Total grosses: $1,662,020,819 → $1,656,943,394
Beauty and the Beast (2017)	New Zealand	2017	2020	$373,242 (?)
		2017	—	Total grosses: $1,266,115,964 → $1,263,521,126 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Aladdin		2019	—	Total grosses: $1,054,304,000 → $1,050,693,953 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides		2011	—	Total grosses: $1,046,721,266 → $1,045,713,802 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End		2007	—	Total grosses: $961,691,209 → $960,996,492 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Jurassic Park (1993)	Netherlands	1993	2022	$21,443 (?)
	Australia	1993	2023	$7,654 (?)
		1993	—	Total grosses: $1,104,379,926 → $1,037,535,230 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	Ukraine	2018	2020	$1,992,871 → $13,695 (?)
	Brazil	2018	2020	$852 (?)
	Mexico	2018	2020	$1,889 (?)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring		2001	2001	Removed $12,454,486 from the original gross, from $880,839,846 to $868,385,360
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	United States	2002	2021	$401,146 (?)
		2002	2002	Removed $13,688,407 from the original gross, from $936,703,641 to $923,015,234
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	United States	2003	2021	$405,302 (?)
	Norway	2003	2024	$8,011,644 → $3,904 (?)
		2003	2003	Removed $21,815,867 from the original gross, from $1,140,703,091 to $1,118,887,224
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Spain	2014	2020	$5,710,065 → $11,794 (?)
	New Zealand	2014	2020	$453,012 (?)
	United States	2014	2021	$18,473 (?)
Bohemian Rhapsody	Australia	2018	2020	$626,679 (?)
	New Zealand	2018	2020	$53,673 (?)
	United Kingdom	2018	2020	$6,209,212 (?)
Titanic (1997)	Czech Republic	1997	2012	$3,524,061 (?)
	India	1997	2012	$3,568,767 → $17,139 (?)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Bulgaria	2015	2020	$230,097 (?)
	Australia	2015	2021	$1,066,200 (?)
		2015	—	Total grosses: $2,071,310,218 → $2,068,223,624 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Rogue One	Colombia	2016	2022	$1,261,755 → $478 (?)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi	Bulgaria	2017	2020	$158,643 (?)
		2017	—	Total grosses: $1,334,407,706 → $1,332,539,889 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	Bulgaria	2019	2020	$5,031 (?)
		2019	—	Total grosses: $1,077,022,372 → $1,074,144,248 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Brazil	2001	2020	$3,552,958 (?)
	South Korea	2001	2021	$2,504,289 (?)
	Netherlands	2001	2021	$4,328,645 (?)
	Italy	2001	2021	$4,410,216 (?)
	United Kingdom	2001	2022	$1,552,919 → $6,767 (?)
	United Kingdom	2001	2023	$1,837,053 → $3,291 (?)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Italy	2002	2021	$373,775 (?)
	Italy	2002	2022	$14,710 (?)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	United States	2005	2018	$188,716 (?)
	United States	2005	2021	$52,023 (?)
	Italy	2005	2021	$215,355 (?)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	United States	2010	2018	$148,263 (?)
	United States	2010	2021	$26,900 (?)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	United States	2011	2018	$181,938 (?)
	United States	2011	2021	$38,277 (?)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	United States	2004	2018	$218,774 (?)
	United States	2004	2021	$129,655 (?)
	South Korea	2004	2021	$1,115,074 → $19,232 (?)
	Netherlands	2004	2023	$8,958,706 → $33,204 (?)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	United States	2007	2018	$132,522 (?)
	United States	2007	2021	$29,314 (?)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	United States	2009	2018	$130,081 (?)
	United States	2009	2021	$28,943 (?)
Ready Player One	United States	2018	2021	$25,178 (?)
	Australia	2018	2021	$9,322,879 → $220 (?)
	South Korea	2018	2023	$15,032,406 → $23,113 (?)
The Hunger Games	Portugal	2012	2023	$825,895 → $9,817 (?)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2	New Zealand	2015	2023	$3,007,240 → $392 (?)
	Portugal	2015	2023	$1,915,991 → $7,286 (?)
	New Zealand	2015	2022	$3,105,071 → $392 (?)
Interstellar	Norway	2014	2023	$2,020,405 → $4,116 (?)
	Norway	2014	2024	$2,215,643 (?)
	Italy	2014	2024	$1,055,944 → $96,055 (?)
The Wolf of Wall Street	Australia	2013	2022	$14,877,539 → $615 (?)
Mamma Mia!	United Kingdom	2008	2020	$1,358,372 (?)
Dune	New Zealand	2021	2024	$3,164,815 (?)
Transformers: Age of Extinction	Portugal	2014	2024	$1,207,641 → $460 (?)