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Maybe you could fix it by cutting into studio's profit margins?

msrpotus 15y ago
Or even earn back the difference in volume.
cageface 15y ago
These are already a lot tighter than you might think. Films are getting more and more expensive to make and the hits have to make up for the duds.
- rickmb 15y ago
  Bullshit. Films are expensive to make because the costs are driven up to insane levels (who decided actors, producers and studio-execs should make millions on just one movie?), and because the huge profit margins encourage gambling rather than investing. Most of the "duds" are movies that shouldn't have been made in the first place. Hollywood has been in a continuous bubble state for decades.
  - rollypolly 15y ago
    It's very difficult to judge what will be a hit or a dud. I don't know much about movies, but I know many games which were terrible until the last few months of development, who then went on to become a success. It's possible that some movies are made or broken at the editing stage.
  - noarchy 15y ago
    "who decided actors, producers and studio-execs should make millions on just one movie?" The movie industry did. This is no different than athletes making astronomical sums. At some point, people are agreeing to pay them. If there were universal opposition to the practice, it wouldn't happen. Why is it so expensive to attend a professional sports event? Because the ticket prices keep going up, and people keep buying them.
  - benologist 15y ago
    Exact same thing could be said about startups. But it's OK for us to want to make millions in one hit because we're better than everyone else.
  - cageface 15y ago
    I worked at Pixar for ten years. The bulk of our costs went to the rank & file workers. People with the talent to make films like that are rare and in demand. Maybe CG films are different but all the CG studios are worried right now about narrowing profit margins in the face of rising costs and declining DVD sales.

Or even earn back the difference in volume.

These are already a lot tighter than you might think. Films are getting more and more expensive to make and the hits have to make up for the duds.

rickmb 15y ago
Bullshit. Films are expensive to make because the costs are driven up to insane levels (who decided actors, producers and studio-execs should make millions on just one movie?), and because the huge profit margins encourage gambling rather than investing. Most of the "duds" are movies that shouldn't have been made in the first place. Hollywood has been in a continuous bubble state for decades.
- rollypolly 15y ago
  It's very difficult to judge what will be a hit or a dud. I don't know much about movies, but I know many games which were terrible until the last few months of development, who then went on to become a success. It's possible that some movies are made or broken at the editing stage.
- noarchy 15y ago
  "who decided actors, producers and studio-execs should make millions on just one movie?" The movie industry did. This is no different than athletes making astronomical sums. At some point, people are agreeing to pay them. If there were universal opposition to the practice, it wouldn't happen. Why is it so expensive to attend a professional sports event? Because the ticket prices keep going up, and people keep buying them.
- benologist 15y ago
  Exact same thing could be said about startups. But it's OK for us to want to make millions in one hit because we're better than everyone else.
- cageface 15y ago
  I worked at Pixar for ten years. The bulk of our costs went to the rank & file workers. People with the talent to make films like that are rare and in demand. Maybe CG films are different but all the CG studios are worried right now about narrowing profit margins in the face of rising costs and declining DVD sales.