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Understood. Worth keeping in mind that “very well” is a movable goal post - “Batman V Superman” grossed about $850 million dollars in 2016 which sounds extraordinary, and played for large audiences, but the movie cost over $200 million to make and over $200 million to market so that result was...

Box office data is tricky for several reasons. Studios don’t like to reveal what things actually cost, and when they do, there’s often a lot of complex math around the numbers and what they mean. It’s why there’s a whole cottage industry of lawsuits against studios for not properly paying their...

I don’t think there’s a single “one size fits all” reference that works for all films for all eras, unfortunately. Everything mentioned in this thread can be a good resource, none are infallible. Depending on what your goal for the research is, your best bet in many cases will to cross reference...