Motion Picture Break-Even Point and Studio Profits Exercise Calculate the "break-even" point, and the estimated studio profits for the following films using "rule of thumb" method [break-even: worldwide box office is 2.5X of production cost; studio profit: 50% of worldwide box office after break-even] Film Worldwide box office Production Cost 1. Avengers: Endgame $2,797,800,564 $400,000,000 2. Frozen 2 $1,447,284,586 $150,000,000 3. Star Wars, The Force Awakens $2,066,000,000 $306,000,000