You are considering making a movie. The movie is expected to cost $100 million upfront and takes a year to make. After that, it is expected to make $80 million in the first year it is released and $6 million for the following 20 years. Your cost of capital is 10%.
a) What is the payback period of this investment? (Hint: consider that you look upfront at this, that is from year=0. For solving this task it is necessary to consider carefully the timeline of the cash flows in years=0,1,2,3,....,21,22)
The payback period is years. (round to a full year)
b) If you require a payback period of two years, will you make the movie?
c) What is the NPV of this project?
d) According to the NPV rule, should you make the movie?