News on the BBC today says that the cost of making a Hollywood film broken the $100m barrier. Of the $100m (£55m) spent, some $63.8m was spent on actually making the film and $39m to market it.
Doesn’t that just say everything about making a movie in Hollywood? Is what a movie has to say to its audience roughly proportional to twice the means by which it tells audiences that the message is so potentially worthwhile to them that they should part with their money?
And whilst we are on the subject:
The average cost of a movie ticket rose again in 2003 to $6.03 (£3.35).
£3.35? How about £5.50 with student discount at the Odeon or £6.50 for a full-price adult ticket? How about £10 for any screen in London’s Leicester Square? How about not bloody likely?
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