the movie the room cost $6 million to make.
the movie the room cost $6 million to make.
how much did the movie the room cost to make?
$6 million
the hotel was acquired by new york developer gerald guterman's hanover companies for $19 million in 1986. he undertook a $26 million louis xv-style renovation with plans to sell the 132 rooms and suites as cooperatives while running the building as a luxury hotel. when the hotel reopened following renovations, it was among the first hotels in the city to pass the room cost of $200 per night. unfortunately, the expected profit was not realized and the hanover subsidiary that owned the stanhope pre-packaged and filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in february 1988.
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it soon became apparent that the first hotel was far too small, and it was demolished in 1905 by new owners, hotelier fred sterry, harry s. black and german financier bernhard beinecke, who envisioned a much larger, new plaza hotel, which was designed as an opulent, 19-story, french renaissance-inspired château-style building by henry janeway hardenbergh (who then famously placed the largest gold-encrusted china order in history with l. straus & sons). the new hotel was constructed in 27 months, at a then-unprecedented cost of $12.5 million, and was opened october 1, 1907. when the hotel opened, a room at the plaza hotel was only $2.50 per night, the equivalent of $ in . the same room cost over $1,000 per night in 2001. the hotel proved so popular that a huge 300-room annex was added along 58th street from 1920-1921.
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