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Hollywood’s unhappy ending

Blockbuster budgets are destroying creativity

16 December 2023

9:00 AM

16 December 2023

9:00 AM

In the last thirty years, the production budgets for Hollywood movies have been steadily rising – the 1990s saw two James Cameron movies, True Lies and Titanic, break the $100 and $200 million barrier respectively. But this has now spiralled out of control. It’s not uncommon for Hollywood to invest $300 million in the latest must-see product.

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