romantic comedies go together with Valentine's Day [1]

 

Hey on Thanksgiving, and green beer on March 17, romantic comedies go together with Valentine's Day.

There was a lot of information packed into this post:

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So I'm going to do a series to split it up into smaller chunks.

The Survey Says:

Top 10 Highest Grossing Valentine’s Day Rom Coms

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Average Gross Profit (2009 - 2015)

"Gross profit" here is worldwide revenue-divided-by-budget.  For all genres, this number does not account for the exhibitor's split, or P&A (addressed below).

In box office gross, the average romantic comedy is more profitable than either action or sci fi.  In fact, the average rom-com grosses three times its budget. 

This is because the rom com budget is typically half that of action movies and one third that of sci fi, so rom-coms are a much smaller financial outlay. 

It is worth noting that while studios have avoided rom-coms over the past five years, rom-coms still show a healthy 200% profit margin in this time period, soundly outperforming both action and sci fi.

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