Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted March 13, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 13, 2013 Any decent company that does PPV has projections, if the final number falls below that projection it's considered a bit of a flop. WWE always make money on PPV, but they thought they'd make a lot more off The Rock in his pants (with Cena) fighting a couple of blokes. It's the same with that Lesnar number at Extreme Rules, they still made good money (more than the year before) but they projected they would make more off a Lesnar/Cena 'dream match'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted March 13, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 13, 2013 Listening to last night's F4W audio show, the ad spend for Rock was so high that at one point it looked like they'd lose money on the show and they wound up making the smallest profit any any PPV ever. Â Oddly enough, Meltzer also suggested WWE may have considered the Rumble buyrate a disappointment, contrary to pre-show predictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Eddie Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Fair enough, thanks for both the above replies. That all makes a bit more sense now. I didn't realise the ad budget for the Survivor Series would be that much higher than the Rumble. I wonder how much Rock got for each show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted March 13, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 13, 2013 Vince said during a shareholder meeting, when it was announced The Rock was wrestling again, that The Rock gets a percentage when he does good numbers for them. The details of that are open to interpretation, but I imagine he'll get a bigger cut of his merchandise than most etc. The bloke gets all the 'free' plugs he wants for his films too, so I'm sure that's considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Eddie Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 The PPVs go for $45 each and both Survivor Series and Rumble did about 70,000 extra buys (compared to the previous year's event) which means $3.15 million extra. I have no idea what WWE's cut of that is after the providers take their chunk? I guess the final "extra profit" must still be a fair bit more than Rock is getting for the night, otherwise they'd be very disappointed. Â Anyone know how much the PPV providers get from the retail price of a PPV in the USA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Pay-per-views here are nowhere near $45. Were the extra 70,000 domestic buys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Eddie Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Sorry, I was simplifying a fair bit there. I'm not sure whether the extra buys were domestic or international in either case. I imagine WWE's cut of PPV differs in the different markets they run anyway and without knowing how much they actually get (after everyone else takes their cut) it's pretty hard to get an accurate figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted March 13, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 13, 2013 Yeah, the numbers are flawed. Â WWE make less money from an international buy (they charge less). A healthy chunk of the extra buys The Rock brings are from the international market. Â As for the cut the PPV provider gets, I've read that it can be as much as 60%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Eddie Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 As I said, it was a simplified version. If anything, the amount I cited was the very most they could get. I thought the provider cut could be up near the 50% mark, but that's based in info from years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Ronnie Posted March 13, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 13, 2013 Anyone know how much the PPV providers get from the retail price of a PPV in the USA? 55% of the sale price, usually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Eddie Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Nice one, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted March 15, 2013 Awards Moderator Share Posted March 15, 2013 (edited) Batista has a part in Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy' film . He's playing a guy called Drax The Destroyer, which, presuming this batch of Marvel films follows the same pattern as the previous, means he might also turn up in Avengers Assemble 2. Edited March 15, 2013 by HarmonicGenerator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted March 15, 2013 Moderators Share Posted March 15, 2013 Cool! Â I still haven't got around to watching the RZA movie with him in because it'll be terrible but I want it to be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted March 15, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 15, 2013 Big Dave should look pretty bad ass like this: Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted March 15, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted March 15, 2013 Fucking hell. I'm never going to get that Evolution reformation if he's pissing around in these fucking superhero films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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