re: Hollywood had worst summer in 17 years

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Hollywood is making less middle ground budget movies. It is either $200mm superhero movie or $10mm indy movie and only teen movies, animation and R/PG-13 comedies in between

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This is what I was about to say. It seems like Hollywood doesn't take many chances anymore...everything has to be guaranteed to make money and do solid business. And part of that is because people are becoming more and more tight on what they spend (and movies are most definitely a luxury that people can afford to let go).

So Hollywood focuses on making movies that can guarantee asses in the seats. So you get things like several sequels of successful movies, comic book movies (which are hot right now and have been for a while), animated movies (family demo), and guaranteed success based on already-existing mega franchises (like Hunger Games, Twilight, etc.).

Rarely do you see Hollywood throwing any kind of budget to new, original ideas. Because the gamble is too big and they won't risk it not paying off.