The High Cost of Movie Production To Keep Us Entertained

By Oneill Weber

There is virtually no limit to the amount of money that Hollywood will spend to keep us entertained. They realize that the more they can lure us into the theaters with special effects, head-spinning plots and premium actors, the more they stand a chance to create a blockbuster hit.

It cost movies producers tens of millions to produce a blockbuster hit. Once a new movie takes off in a big way, Hollywood makes it up in ticket sales. In the past, some new films t hit the theaters have generated over one hundred million dollars for the producers. It is a big industry with a lot of money to be made when all the pieces come together.

Before a new movie is released, Hollywood will often create a lot of publicity around a new release prior to the movie hitting the theaters. The publicity spreads life wild-fire and creates anticipation and excitement. A classic example is all the publicity that was generated around the new Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

Producers know that a movie will either be a smash hit or a dismal failure during the first week it is released in theaters. As a way of boosting ticket sales, they will often do pre-screenings of new releases so media personal can get a preview of the movie. They do this in hopes of getting favorable television reviews and newspaper write-ups all across the country.

Hollywood has released so many movies in the last 75 years that they know what really entertains us. It is much easier for them to release a blockbuster hit today than it was 20 years ago. Surprisingly, not all hits costs tens of millions of dollars. Movies such as Nightmare On Elm Street and Friday The 13 were created on a fairly low budget, but spawned a cult like following of loyal movie watchers and more sequels than any other movies made over time.

Besides new movie releases, Hollywood also generates hefty revenues from older classics too and popular television shows too. The sales of DVD rentals and purchases continually produce added revenues as people build their movie libraries over time. Many popular television series have been transformed into DVD's for public purchase.

Today, marvel comic book classics seem to b find a prominent place on the big screen. Lately, Hollywood has invested a considerable amount of money into these new releases.

During the past ten years Hollywood has created a new kind of fictional movie taken from the pages of Marvel Comic books. Batman, Superman, and Cat Woman are all examples of how special effects have made it possible to bring anything to life on the big screen. If it can be imagined, then they will find a way to bring it to life in a new and entertaining way. - 30404

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