Now some of you here kept on bugging me how Celso Ad Castillo's reimagining of Nympha (2003 starring Maricar de Mesa) fared in the box office.
And to make you guys happy, here are the stats:
NYMPHA (2003)
Total nationwide gross: P32,802,922
Production budget: P8,600,000
Prints/Marketing: P1,300,000
Negative cost: P 9,900,000
Now let's do the math based on my formula:
P32.8 M divided by 2 is P16.4 M.
Then P16.4 M minus negative cost P9.9 M is equals to P6.5 M in NET PROFIT.
Now let's do the formula based on what Noel_Vera mentioned, wherein 1/3 of the gross goes to the producer:
P32.8 M divided by 3 is P10.93 M
Then P10.93 M minus neg cost of P9.9 M is equals to P1.03 M net profit.
I want to clarify that although I get box office figures from our movie studios, these people did not tell me how exactly do they calculate their figures and profit/loss. The formula I use is what I learned abroad many years ago.
Thanks for sending email and questions.
Jayson Li
The Philippine Box Office Analyst!
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