Thursday, 13 October 2016

Big Budget VS Small Budget

One of my favorite trilogies is that of 'The Hobbit' it is the follow of the LOTR franchise which was also exceedingly thrilling. The basic plot of the hobbit is Bilbo and the Company of King Thorin Oakenshield are forced into war by the Orcs of Gundabad and Moria lead by Azog and Bolg and chief leader Sauron. Its a remarkable battle with the Dwarves of Erebor and the Iron Hills, The Elves of the Woodland Realm, The people of Laketown, The eagles lead by Radagast and Beorn and the Orcs of Gundabad and Moria.



This film had one of the most expensive budgets of all time. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies will have made around $90 million less worldwide than it otherwise would have thanks to a rising dollar and plunging foreign currencies. So barring the above-noted foreign exchange issues, the third and final Peter Jackson Hobbit film would have crossed $1 billion at the worldwide box office. But "sadly" it sits at $939m worldwide and it may not make it to the milestone. But whether or not the film makes it over the hump, the Hobbit trilogy has been incredibly successful on a domestic and worldwide stage. The three-film trilogy cost around $765m to produce and made $2.916b worldwide thus far. Yet no one seems to have paid it much attention. This is as good a time to remind everyone that the Middle Earth prequel trilogy may have been an artistic disappointment, but it was an unmitigated financial grand-slam for all parties. From my research I have discovered that there was an estimated budget of 250 million USD, which is a substantial and unbelievable amount of money.
Alternatively, there are low budget films such as ' A Nightmare On Elms Street' which can be summed up to Nancy Thompson and a group of her friends including Tina Gray, Rod Lane and Glen Lantz are being tormented by a clawed killer in their dreams named Freddy Krueger. Nancy must think quickly, as Freddy tries to pick off his victims one by one.



The original A Nightmare on Elm Street had a budget of just $1.8M and some of its special effects, though convincing at the time, look shoddy today. It's the simplest touches which still have an impact, however - Freddy's ghostly face leering out of the wall above a sleeping Nancy, the "eeeeeee" sound of the knives on metal objects, and the red-and-green striped hood coming down over the car at the end, these all were the main aspects of its success which can be accumulated as a whopping $25,504,513; the biggest success in horror film history.

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