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Originally Posted by crockett
It's an issue which plagues Hollywood and budgets like this make it worse. These studios are spending so much money on films they only risk making easy wins. This means less variety overall as more risky unknowns are not made because of the potential for box office fails.
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In the case of many of the Marvel movies, they are owned by Disney who is not going to be taking risks on many unknowns to begin with. In other cases, having a big blockbuster like this can give them the money to buy other smaller movies that they have to take a risk on because they are flush with cash.
These days, with VOD, iTunes, Netflix, Hulu and even places like Youtube and Vimeo there are plenty of ways for smaller independent movies to find an audience. If Disney decided not to make another Marvel or Star Wars movie it doesn't mean they would then invest that money into a bunch of other movies.