Dragon Producer gets Rs 23 crores Profit after paying GOAT Andhra loss and gift to Director-cast

Dragon film crew salary and business details. Dragon to stream on Netflix on March 21. Apart from Tamil, the movie will be available on Netflix in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. According to film business tracker Sacnilk, Dragon earned ₹98.73 crore net after a 24-day theatrical run, while its worldwide collection currently stands at ₹146.97 crore. The film has been deemed a ‘blockbuster’ on Sacnilk. Budget:- Salaries - ₹17.83 Crore Pradeep Ranganathan - ₹ 12 Crore (Flat) Anupama Parameswaran - ₹ 8 Lakh per Day * 13 Days = ₹ 1.04 Crore George Maryan - ₹ 35 Lakh Mysskin - ₹ 1 Crore Gautam Vasudev Menon - No Fee (Part of a Production Investment Package with AGS) Kayadu Lohar - ₹ 25 Lakh PL Thenappan - No Fee KS Ravikumar - No Fee Ivana - No Fee Other Cast Salaries - ₹ 89 Lakh Technician Salaries - ₹ 1 Crore Ashwath Marimuthu - ₹ 50 Lakh Leon James - ₹ 80 Lakh (Expenses Only)** **- Simbu, Anirudh and Yuvan sang their songs without charging a fee Production - ₹12 Crore Cost of Production - ₹ 12 Crore Editing - ₹ 1.5 Crore Print & Publicity - ₹ 1.5 Crore Total Budget - ₹ 32.83 Crore ________________________________________ Pre Release Business TN Theatrical Rights - Own Distribution Mythri Movie Makers (AP) - No Amount in lieu of Losses incurred due to GOAT South India Rights (Tamil Only) - ₹ 3.50 Crore Overseas Rights - ₹ 4 Crore OTT Rights - ₹ 6 Crore (Part of 5 Picture Deal with AGS and Netflix for ₹ 45 Crore) Satellite Rights - Unsold, negotiation between Colors and Star Vijay Music Rights - 80:20 Profit sharing deal by Think music after ₹80 Lakh recovery Total Pre Release Business - ₹ 14.30 Crore ________________________________________ Post Release Business TN Theatrical Gross - ₹ 94.15 Crore TN Theatrical Nett - ₹ 81.70 Crore Theatrical Share - ₹ 36 Crore Distribution commission - ₹ 4.57 Crore AGS Final Share - ₹ 41.13 Crore AP/TG Theatrical Gross - ₹ 23.15 Crore AP Theatrical Nett - ₹ 18.80 Crore Theatrical Share - ₹ 8 Crore Distributor Share - ₹ 10.80 Crore Loss settled for GOAT - ₹ 8.50 crore (₹7.5 Crore plus ₹1 Crore interest) Balance payment to AGS - ₹2.30 Crore ________________________________________ Final Share for AGS ₹ 2.30 Crore (+) ₹ 41.13 Crore (+) ₹14.30 Crore (-) ₹ 32.83 Crore = (+)24.90 Crore Bonus payment for Ashwath Marimuthu - ₹ 1 Crore in the form of a BMW 5 Series Bonus payment for George Maryan - BMW 2 Series for ₹55 Lakh Bonus Payment for ‘Kutty Dragon' & other friends - Royal Enfield 350 Bikes - ₹8 Lakh to ₹10 Lakh (Total for all Bikes) Total Profits for AGS - ₹ 23.25 Crore ________________________________________ AGS made almost 70% Profit with Dragon while managing to pay off the losses incurred for GOAT by the AP/TG distributors This is excluding the Satellite right that could earn another ₹10–12 Crore easily and increase their profits to ₹35 Crore or 111% North India distribution was negligible with only 97 Screens ________________________________________ Dragon made a lot of money for AGS but compared to Love Today, its returns were lower It is safely a GUARANTEED HIT Source Kanthaswamy Balasubramnain Balus boxoffice.