So I thought The Creator was brilliant. I watched it in the cinema, thoroughly enjoyed it and was gobsmacked when I learned it’s budget was only $79 million. It looks better than some films I’ve seen that cost three times that.

But apparently, while it may make that back, it’s unlikely to even earn $100 million globally.

So the answer to the question of why Hollywood churns out the same shite over and over is that, currently, tragically, that is what the masses want to spend their money on.

And that makes me sad.

  • Finkler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    9 months ago

    Hollywood ran out unique ideas years ago for the most part. Reboots etc just easier .

    • smallaubergine@kbin.social
      6·
      9 months ago

      Nah it’s not that they ran out of ideas. It’s that the market has changed and there’s no room for risky mid-budget or high budget movies. Back in the day they could make a substantial chunk off of home video sales rather than just the theatrical release. Now streaming is not nearly as lucrative and they have to compete with a ton more forms of media. So when you’re dropping hundreds of millions to make a movie you have to be damn sure it’s gonna draw people to the theaters. So you take fewer risks and make things as wide as possible to appeal to everyone worldwide.

      There was a really good 1 hour long YouTube video posted recently that broke it down

    • BruceTwarzen@kbin.social
      3·
      9 months ago

      I don’t think they ran out of ideas. The thing that i hate about modern movies or the industry behind it is that they make a movie, let’s take op’s movie for example, which cost 80million to make, everything included. It made 100million dollars and is considered a failure. Any normal ass company is glad to pay their workers and make some money. Just imagine joe’s plumber shop working for 9 month on a project that cost him 80k in labour and materials and he makes 100k, which means 20 k profits and he’s like: oh no, what a shitshow, i didn’t even make half a million.

      • mrbubblesort@kbin.social
        2·
        9 months ago

        I get your point, but 20k USD profit for a 9 month project could be an absolute shit show. Businesses need enough to cover costs during the bad times as well as the good, so 20% profit wouldn’t cover for very long if projects dried up the next year.