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The above thoughts on Television begin more profitable than films is a bit skewed. A single television show doesn't make real money until it has enough episodes to go into syndication.

Actors who make 20 million for a single movie - would be lucky to pull Ashton Kutcher money on TV ($750,000 per episode) - but that is on a show that is already in syndication and his paycheck isn't from current airings but from the profitability of the show as a whole.

That's on the high end - you can bet everybody in Teen Wolf is making quite a bit less than $100 thousand per episode.

The profit for the network on a moderately successful show is razor thin - they too are counting on multiple airings of the show to make their money back. If a show flops they eat the cost and usually have to refund upfront payments from advertisers.

A movie, with foreign distribution, streaming, DVD Sales, and Television licensing is almost always guaranteed to break even - so low risk investment.

Iron Man III cost $375 million to make and market - it made $1.2 billion+ in gross ticket sales world wide. Multiply that by 6 and you're in the ballpark on what that single movie will bring in sales and licensing for broadcast.

Movies are more profitable.