Or have mid-budget films been turned into tv series or straight to streaming movies?

Obviously I think we're reaching a bursting point with these big budget films that aren't seeing the returns it needs so do y'all think there will be a strong resurgence in the once coveted mid-budget film? and even more so, do you think the mid-budget film could be successful at box offices today considering people's more selective nature when it comes to going to the theater?

What is your definition of mid-budget because movies that are 10 mil or lower still get made and put onto the big screen all of the time.

Also, can you reference some of the films you are referring to so I can get a better idea as to what you mean?

absolutely,

so mid-budget to me is that 40-80 million dollar range. usually featuring a prominent actor or two. some examples would be Knives Out (40 Mil), Zodiac (65 Mil), Prisoners (46 mil).

Also if we go back to the 90s-00s, we see films like You've Got Mail which is a rom com with a 65 mil budget (was that necessary? who knows)

Jerry Maguire, another example. 50 mil budget. big hit at the box office.

And these films above, weren't these super big event films but they also saw some success at the box office and more importantly made profit for the studios which is why I find it weird why studios would NOT want to be funding these smaller scale projects that still have notable actors, directors, writers etc.

Post-pandemic, these studios are trying to make any movies that lie outside a recognizable IP for as little as possible.

Lowkey, the mid budget movie got f***ed when we transitioned from DVDs to streaming. A lot of the mid budget films would also make their money back through DVD sales

would love more movies made w less than a million dollars like red rocket am i right @twitch

knives out being mid budget is shocking to me… and glass onion was $40 million to make too (not including what they paid Rian, marketing etc)

Yes you are right. Bro needs to hurry up and drop the next film wit his cheap ass

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I'm not too sure, but if I had an answer it would be maybe. The rise of streaming, COVID-19, and the domination of genre movies at the box office like horror, superhero movies, sci-fi, etc which mainly has unknown or lesser known actors in the lead roles and the genre is the star. I agree with a lot of people in the thread saying streaming really killed the theatrical mid budget star movie, with people like Adam Sandler signing multi year netflix deals to make movies that would have been box office hits in the 2000s and 2010s and DVD sales are non existent now.

But I believe, No Hard Feelings, a throwback to these type of movies did decent at the box office so anythings possible. I think it really depends on the what the genre of the movie, how it is received is critically and the premise of the movie to get people interested enough to spend their hard earned money and pay to watch these movies. The days of the movie star carrying the movie off their name alone is dead now with some rare exceptions (Leo and Denzel come to mind) Amsterdam and Babylon last year felt like classic star driven movies with a ridiculously stacked cast and they both flopped hard due to poor reviews and poor word of mouth.

I really do hope that hollywood could experiment more and bring these type of movies back to break the cycle of IP movies running the show. Even if the process will be very slow and like most of the stuff in hollywood, the execs and producers follow the almighty dollar so people have to vote with their wallets and support these movies.

I think the main lesson that this summer has taught hollywood is that cheaper budgets will be the way to go, and we will a decrease in movies that cost 250 million to almost 500 million anymore. Quantumania, The Flash, Indian Jones, even Mission Impossible all cost around 250 million and all underpeformers or outright bombs and flops.