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New Line sold off foreign rights to help finance the pic, which carries a reported $180 million pricetag.
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Am a bit confused at the arcane nature of film financing, distribution and revenues. If New Line did indeed sell off foreign rights a while ago and used that money to help pay the production bills, could someone please explain how a pretty good overseas box office helps them in the light of very poor US revenues which they still own?
Perhaps it would make them optimistic about a future film - at least overseas - but then that would be tempered with the woeful news about the US box office prospects as well.