Carcass wrote:
The table above shows the number of tickets sold during each of the first 4 weeks after a movie was released. The producer of the movie received 10 percent of the revenue from every ticket sold with a guaranteed minimum of $200,000 each week for the first 4 weeks. If tickets sold for $4 each, how much did the producer receive for the first 4 weeks?
(A) $800,000
(B) $900,000
(e) $1,000,000
(D) $1,200,000
(E) $1,300,000
Week 1: (1,000,000 tickets)($4/ per ticket) = $4,000,000. So, the producer's share = 10% of $4,000,000 =
$400,000Week 2: (1,000,000 tickets)($4/ per ticket) = $4,000,000. So, the producer's share = 10% of $4,000,000 =
$400,000Week 3: (750,000 tickets)($4/ per ticket) = $3,000,000. So, the producer's share = 10% of $3,000,000 =
$300,000Week 4: (250,000 tickets)($4/ per ticket) = $1,000,000. So, the producer's share = 10% of $1,000,000 =
$100,000, which gets increased to the minimum
$200,000So, in the first 4 weeks, the total amount the producer received =
$400,000 +
$400,000 +
$300,000 +
$200,000 =
$1,300,000Answer: E