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
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