jungle book recap #1
ECONOMIC CONTEXTS Jungle Book 1967 Budget - $4,000,000 Gross USA - $141,843,612 Opening Weekend - $5,291,670 (1984) Worldwide Gross - $210,310,084 Fewer sources of income. Merchandising was one option - mostly toys The Jungle Book soundtrack achieved gold record status Disney relied massively on box office figures Jungle Book 2016 Budget - $175,000,000 Gross USA - $364,001,123 Opening Weekend - $103,000,000 Worldwide Gross - $966,000,000 The Jungle Book 2016 was released using the saturation distribution method where cinemas across the globe were flooded. Extensive merchandising on a global scale, due to increase in manufacturing capacity & globalised economic trade. Lots of appeal for children, e.g. toys, t-shirts