>The risk for the company is more one of notoriety. If the film is a big flop, we’ll lose credibility for making these sorts of films. The risk is not financial, but rather human.
so how was this funded exactly?
The Europeans will eat the losses.
Fifth element was a fluke.
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EuropaCorp[2]
Fundamental Films[3]
BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance[3]
Universum Film[3]
Gulf Film[3]
River Road Entertainment[3]
Belga Films[3]
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>Creating a film which the titular character is named after a medicinal plant which will help you sleep better
'Of course Luc, let us throw some money your way, we'll probably have to convince Liam Neeson to do 3 more Taken films to compensate for the loss' said the Europacorp director after a few coke and ether binges.