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Militainment Myths
EXPENSIVE
Contrary to popular belief, militainment productions are often able to save millions in equipment/vehicle rentals, locations costs, set dressing, props, extras, aerial and vehicle photography, along with the world’s most expert advisors.
As such, the average militainment (non-superhero/comic) budget is only $58M, besting the average Adventure ($76M), Sci-Fi ($61M), and Animated ($60M) feature film.
Additionally, 26% of militainment projects budget below $30M, while 32% are below $40M.
RETURNS
Militainment is consistently profitable — with the highest returns concentrated in $0-$15M productions, with an average profit of $53M…or 760% ROI.
As budgets increase, militainment box office returns maintain an average return on investment between 282% ($30M-$50M) and 300% ($15M-$30M).
NICHE
Across genres, militainment attributes are legion. In fact, throughout the 412 films in last 11 years, each featured between 2.9 to 3.7 attributes per project, including: Espionage/Tradecraft, Natural Disaster, Major Conflict, Characters, Locations, Technology, Equipment/Vehicles
Statistically durable across budgets, genres and themes:
Characters 55% | Equipment/Vehicles 63% Espionage/Tradecraft 39%
