Posts Tagged ‘Money’
Question Asked: What’s The Best Opening Day A Movie Has Ever Had?
I’m assuming by “best” you mean most money made by ticket sales.
This one was pretty easy, luckily I already knew the movie, just had to look up the amount.
As of now, The Dark Knight holds the single day record (which was also opening day), with $67,165,092.
The movie also holds a lot of other records, as well in regards to money making. Be sure to check them out on BoxOfficeMojo.com
Question Asked: How Much Money Does The MLB Make Per Year?
Major League Baseball is a lucrative business, or so you’d think. All those expensive tickets. All those games. It has to add up to a ton of money, doesn’t it?
The league itself doesn’t make as much as you’d think. Not every penny taken in by every baseball team at every venue goes directly to the league.
For example, while the New York Yankees made over $360million in revenue last year, they paid out roughly $250 million of that for operating costs, and player salaries.
Of that, it’s rumored that the MLB gets a 10% cut, for letting a team be in the league. (There’s no offical word on this, and obviously it’s something they don’t want public. This is just a rumor until confirmed or denied by someone.)
If we were to take 10% of the profit of all teams for the 2008 baseball season, then we could safely say that the MLB makes roughly a few billion dollars per year.
According to Forbes, in 2008 the MLB posted an increase in earnings of 5.5% over 2007. That’s $5.8 billion dollars in one single year.
It seems as though the MLB is doing much better than the NBA, and WWE.
Question Asked: How Much Money Have The Pixar Movies Made?
It’s always been known that unless you’re Disney, animated movies don’t make a lot of money.
That is, until Pixar came along. Pixar Animation Studios (which eventually was purchased by Disney) has consistently made animated films that both children and parents alike love.
As of June 1st, 2009 Pixar’s 10 animated feature length films have amassed a total of $4,861,639,959 US. (This includes DVD sales, as well as box office numbers.)
Pixar’s films:
- Toy Story – $361,996,233
- A Bug’s Life – $363,398,656
- Toy Story 2 – $485,752,179
- Monsters, Inc – $528,970,172
- Finding Nemo – $866,592,978
- The Incredibles – $635,564,642
- Cars – $461,982,881
- Ratatoulle – $624,445,654
- Wall-E – $532,936,655
- Up – $137,316,000
That’s a pretty big amount of money, for ten films of any kind, let alone animated films!
Projections for “Up” estimate that before it exits theaters, it could top $250 million, pushing Pixar’s total up over $4.9 billion US.
Question Asked: How Much Money Does The NBA Make Per Year?
According to Forbes Magazine, the average team in the NBA pulls in roughly $112 million per year, in ticket sales to their games.
While some make significantly more than others, it averages out to about $112 million, across all the teams.
Once you factor in the cost of paying all the employees, players, and coaches, the profit that the NBA makes from its franchised teams is very small.
Estimates say that it’s between $15 million and $20 million, however no exact number has been shared with the general public.
Question Asked: How Much Does A Website Cost?
Assuming you have no knowledge on how to build one for yourself, and have nothing built already, the costs can vary pretty greatly.
A number of factors need to be included to figure out how much it’ll cost you, such as
- The developer you hire
- What you want the website to do
- What quality website you want.
If you just want a few pages on the internet to represent your business, you could probably get someone to build that for you for a few hundred dollars.
If you want a large scale e-commerce business, like Amazon, or a large scale online auction system, like eBay, it’s likely going to cost you thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars.
The thing to keep in mind also, is that with a website it’s not just “build it” and let it go. Websites take maintenance, updates, code modifications, and future enhancements. If you’re running a full time business via your website, and selling more than 10 products a day, you should have a portion of your staff devoted specifically to running that part of your business.
You shouldn’t put internet orders off because you’re too busy with customers in your brick and mortar store. Someone who buys from you on the internet most likely bought it because you had a better price than they could find in a store. Just because they’re paying less, doesn’t mean they expect less. General rule of thumb is, if someone buys from you online, treat it like they’re in your store, and pack their item for shipment immediately, and schedule a pickup through your package carrier.
With that said, the answer to your question is anywhere from $0 – $1,000,000, greatly depending on what you want to do.