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What Are The Precise Problems Of A Film Smash Hit?

By Jennifer B Davis

Each Hollywood producer has one target in mind when they make a movie. They want to put out a movie that is a enormous sensation that the public loves. A wonderful story line, some excellent actors along with a few special effects and there you have the formula for a tremendous box-office triumph. Or do you? Sometimes a motion picture will have all of the supposed necessary elements and it will still fall short at the box office. There are no surefire recipes to make a Hollywood runaway success.

There is if truth be told no maximum value to the quantity of cash that can be spent in order to amuse us with a best-seller film. But, until the motion picture actually hits the movie theater and proves itself with ticket sales it is in effect a gamble. Some directors seem to have the magical touch. There are also some stars who seem to be able to assure a chartbuster hit, nevertheless, many a film has failed even with the most popular actors.

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 big-budget films that seem to have everything that is essential for huge success and it still bombs absolutely at the box office.

A relatively recent and excellent case in point of this occurrence is the 2005 film "Sahara". What is ironic is that this motion picture essentially did fairly well at the box office, opening with $18 million in the first weekend and generating $122 million in gross-box office sales. However the motion picture was exceptionally expensive to make and it ended up actually losing money. The movie had costs of $281.2 million during production but only brought in revenues of $202.9 million for one of the biggest monetary losses in Hollywood history.

In comparison to that you may remember another famous movie, from'99, "The Blair Witch Project". There are varying reports of how much it cost to make this film but the highest guesstimate was at $100,000. The film ended up grossing over $248 million globally. This film had the uppermost percentage of box office sales to production cost in American filmmaking history until 2009 with the release of "Paranormal Activity".

Obviously one key to having a blockbuster hit is to create a movie that results in a lot of media reporting and frenzy. Media buzz helps to make expectancy and causes a ticket sellout on the opening weekend. However, the movie must continue to bring in sales after the opening to in truth be considered a success.

Even though Hollywood has brought us so many films and one might think that they would have figured out how exactly to make a best-seller hit, a great portion of the stimulation for producers and moviegoers alike is the fact that there are no guarantees. "Sure thing" movie storylines and "can't miss" actors don't really exist.

There will always be movies that are extraordinary blockbuster hits and of course there will always be films that are unforeseen blockbuster failures and that is part of the appeal and allure of the motion picture industry. Because you never know precisely what the public will completely love!

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