What Are The Exact Factors Of A Motion Picture Runaway Success?

Posted by Virginia G Green 15 November, 2009

Every Hollywood producer has one ambition in mind when they make a film. They want to put out a movie that is a massive success that the public loves. A terrific plot, some first-rate actors along with a few special effects and there you have the recipe for a enormous box-office victory. Or do you? Sometimes a movie will have all of the theoretical necessary ingredients and it will still fail at the box office. There are no definite recipes to make a Hollywood smash hit.

Hollywood seems to be able to pour a boundless amount of money into a movie in order to make it a runaway success. However irrespective of the sum of money spent on creating a motion picture until the film actually hits the box office and brings in huge revenues in ticket sales it is a risk. Of course, there are a very few directors who seem to have a magical touch and seem to always do well and there are a few actors that Hollywood seems to be able to bank on, however, even the best directors and actors have failing motion pictures.

With what seems like millions of motion pictures that have been made it may seem like by now Hollywood would have the secret formula and know exactly how to make a successful film. But the only thing in life that is a invariable is that things change and public opinion changes continuously. There have been high-priced motion pictures that seem to have everything that is vital for massive success and it still bombs absolutely at the box office.

One excellent and fairly recent case of a big-budget film failure is the 2005 film “Sahara”. While it opened at the box office acceptably, grossing $18 million the first weekend and essentially did fairly well by generating $122 million in gross-box office sales the movie cost so much to make that the motion picture in fact lost cash. This movie had expenses of $281.2 million throughout production but when it was said and done it only brought in receipts of $202.9 million. That is quite a failure even by Hollywood standards.

Looking at the contrast, in’99, “The Blair Witch Project” in fact had the highest ratio of box office sales compared to production costs in American filmmaking history until 2009 when “Paranormal Activity” transcended it. There are varying reports on the production cost of “The Blair Witch Project” but the maximum approximation was at $100,000. This movie grossed over $248 million at the box office globally.

One of the major keys to producing a smash hit is to create a buzz around the motion picture owing to media exposure and frenzy. This helps generate expectancy and contributes greatly to a ticket sellout on the opening weekend. However, opening day receipts will never tell the entire story and a movie must go on to make box-office receipts in order to be deemed a success.

With as many films as there are, you may suppose that Hollywood would have it down and know precisely how to cater to the public and bring them the movies that they love. However, part of the exhilaration for both movie attendees and producers is the fact that there are no promises. Even the most well-liked actor occasionally has a box office failure and even the most sure of movie storylines can stop working.

There will still be motion pictures that are unpredicted blockbuster hits and of course there will always be motion pictures that are unforeseen blockbuster failures and that is part of the attraction and allure of the motion picture industry. Because you never know exactly what the public will completely enjoy!

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