Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Η Γέννηση ενός Έθνους" in Greek language version.
In common with most film historians, he estimates that The Birth of Nation cost "just a little more than $100,000" to produce...
The Birth of a Nation, costing an unprecedented and, many believed, thoroughly foolhardy $110,000, eventually returned $20 million and more. The actual figure is hard to calculate because the film was distributed on a "states' rights" basis in which licenses to show the film were sold outright. The actual cash generated by The Birth of a Nation may have been as much as $50 million to $100 million, an almost inconceivable amount for such an early film.
