The Purge: An Economic Nightmare
Here is another example of semi-independent cinema. The Purge was made for 3 million and grossed more than 30 million in its opening weekend which hopefully allows more original concepts through the studio doors. Since the collapse of our economy the film industry has made it a point to only fund remakes, sequels, and adaptations. They only put up funds on guarantees. During the last ten years there have been films based on original concepts, but they have been created independently then purchased by studios and in some cases serialized after-the-fact. Saw is an example of this, the original was funded by the Saturn Award received by its makers, then done to death by Lion's Gate. Now this was done in the 80's with Michael, Freddy, Chucky, Jason, and Pinhead. They were icons created by the economic turmoil suffered then. So, as anything tried and true, the cycle is back. Instead of creating new icons (except Jigsaw) all of the 80's mani...