Talk:List of most expensive films

message: An editor has implemented an edit using row spans to merge the dollar figures, and removing the precision range for Superman in the adjusted table. I will take these in turn:
# Row spans are used for the ranks because the films occupy a shared position i.e. they convey information. Merging the budgets simply removes duplication and is actually confusing because the formatting could be misinterpreted by an uninformed reader to indicate that the films share a budget. The fact that some of the budgets are identical is simply incidental, and there is no inherent connection between the films that row-spanning would imply. Removing a small amount of duplication has very little impact on the overall size of the article—you literally shave 1kb off a 150kb page! On an aesthetic point row spans also make it more difficult to read across on narrow screens.
# The other problem is the precision range for Superman. The problem here is that budget has precision to $1 million, but the inflation adjustment takes it from 2-digits to 3-digits. Mathematically you cannot do that: you either have to go from 2-digits to 2-digits or from 3-digits to 3-digits. If you use the 2-digit approach then $55 million inflates to $250 million (i.e. 2-digit precision). If you want 3-digit precision then you have to inflate $54.5 million and $55.5 million as a proxy for $55 million. This is basic high school math.
I have reverted to the WP:STATUSQUO for now, and hopefully we can get a few more opinions before any more changes are made. Betty Logan (talk) 12:04, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rowspans and numerical precision 

message: That movie costs 288 million, right below Dead Reckoning. Shouldn’t that be on there? 2603:6080:6004:85C:DD03:DC9B:4C6E:22CB (talk) 22:30, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Black Widow 

message: It appears that Mission Impossible 7 has a gross budget of $291 million dollars, but the net budget is $219 million dollars and the net budget of other films appear next to them instead of the gross one. So why doesn’t it happen with this film? PabloDiaz2018 (talk) 21:50, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The accompanying source states "Reported budget on this Mission is a net $291M, the pic challenged by Covid starts and stops in Italy". That seems to be pretty clear the $291m figure is the net figure. Betty Logan (talk) 10:46, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  MI7 Budget 

message: Thanks to the most recent tax releases, Fallen Kingdom is now the most expensive film of all time. poketape (talk) 05:15, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I have reverted your edits. Whilst I understand why you made the changes you did, this isn't a simple application of WP:CALC. Secondary sources must be provided to interpret the information in primary sources (see WP:PRIMARYSOURCE). Conversion rates are also not straightforward for amounts accumulated over time as they fluctuate on a daily basis. Betty Logan (talk) 13:31, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jurassic World Updates 

message: Several sources here are from Forbes Senior Contributors. WP:FORBESCON says  I'm assuming that's the case here; if so this edit of mine was in the wrong. 70.163.220.139 (talk) 21:09, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: To qualify for a tax credit, a production company must submit audited accounts to HMRC (the UK tax body). If you know the tax code for the film, obtaining the budget is straightforward. Caroline Reid is an established British journalist who has written on this topic for The Times (UK paper of record). Personally I would regard her as a subject specialist. In truth, the only thing that prevents Wikipedia editors from doing what Caroline Reid does is matching the code to the film/ More background here: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Film/Archive_81#Budgets_revisited_/_Caroline_Reid_and_Forbes.com Betty Logan (talk) 23:11, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, this was informative. 70.163.220.139 (talk) 00:23, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forbes.com contributors