Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "เดอะเบิร์ทออฟอะเนชัน" in Thai 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.
