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Peter Bart: Big B.O. Bets Wagered On Video Games And Vampires As Hollywood Tries To Banish Bitter Woes
Hollywood is getting high marks this week for two timely hits that are being devoured by Gen Z audiences worldwide.
AMinecraft Movie and Sinners have together are approaching $800 million worldwide and counting as of this week, but, in turn, have pointed up a longer-term question: Does their success reflect signs of financial overreach? Minecraft, directed by Jared Hess, arrived at a cost of $150 million with Warner Bros. rationalizing that spend because it is based on a successful video game. Samuel Goldwyn paid top dollar to novelist MacKinlay Kantor to write The Best Years of Our Lives based on World War II veterans.
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