It’s sparked many viral clips featuring the Twisters cast, and has attracted viewers in multiple quadrants, speaking to its mass-market appeal.
It’s also important to note that not every dollar a movie makes goes to the profit of the studios.
Estimates allegedly have P&L for Twisters to be $100 million, which could still be a conservative number.
There’s a lot more financial finagling that goes into a movie’s gross, with tons of hidden costs that help prevent movies as big as Twisters from making a profit.