I think you're talking past each other. The parents point I think is that if you make 100 films today you don't know which will be hits but you can expect X to

I think you're talking past each other. The parents point I think is that if you make 100 films today you don't know which will be hits but you can expect X to be and they will pay for the losers. I don't think that requires the trickle down effect that you seem to be referring to with Seinfeld.