--- title: Why Hollywood Is Bracing for Disaster description: Movie studios are relying on too few films for too much of their profits, according to a movie analyst. authors: - name: Alicia Adamczyk url: https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 201 covers: - Business - Banking - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk former_staff: true published: '2016-03-04T20:40:07.000Z' modified: '2016-03-04T20:40:07.000Z' section: Business tags: - Hollywood - Leisure - pubdesk word_count: 275 canonical: https://money.com/film-industry-blockbusters-consolidation/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Marvel's Captain America: Civil War. L to R: Hawkeye/Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner), Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen), Captain America/Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), and Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan).](https://img.money.com/2016/03/160304_em_filmindustry.jpg) *Marvel's Captain America: Civil War. L to R: Hawkeye/Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner), Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen), Captain America/Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), and Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan).* Hollywood may want to branch out from comic book franchises and super hero blockbusters if it aims to keep its current movie studios in business. Analyst Doug Creutz of Cowen and Company entertainment [told *Variety*](http://variety.com/2016/film/news/hollywood-dire-outlook-tentpoles-1201722775/) that movie studios may be on the verge of consolidation—or worse—as more and more box office totals go to increasingly fewer films each year. "Last year, over 25% of total box office came from just five films, well above the average of roughly 16% from 2001-14 and the prior peak of 19% in 2012," Creutz told the publication. Additionally, a third of total box office grosses in 2015 and 2016 (so far) have gone to the top grossing films each week, according to Creutz, almost double 2011-2013's averages. The analyst also noted that number one films tend to remain at the top of the box office for a longer time, citing *American Sniper* and *Deadpool* as examples (and of course, *Star Wars: The Force Awakens*). With more and more films commanding $100 million-plus budgets (we counted at least 12 in 2015 alone), the stakes are even higher. Meanwhile, non-blockbusters like *Zoolander 2* (which has grossed [$27 million to date](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=zoolander2.htm)) perform poorly. Creutz implies there needs to be more middle-tier films, such as *Trainwreck*, [which has grossed $110 million to date](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/search/?q=trainwreck)*.* Disney and Universal managed to command 70% of the industry's profits for the year, while profits for other studios dropped 40%. With films like *Captain America: Civil War* and *Star Wars: Rogue One* on the horizon, the analyst cites Disney as this year's likely profits winner as well, while Paramount, Lions Gate, and Dream Works Animation appear less promising. \[[Variety](http://variety.com/2016/film/news/hollywood-dire-outlook-tentpoles-1201722775/)\] ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/film-industry-blockbusters-consolidation/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Business", "item": "https://money.com/business/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Media", "item": "https://money.com/media/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Why Hollywood Is Bracing for Disaster" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/film-industry-blockbusters-consolidation/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/film-industry-blockbusters-consolidation/", "name": "Why Hollywood Is Bracing for Disaster", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2016-03-04T20:40:07.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/film-industry-blockbusters-consolidation/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/film-industry-blockbusters-consolidation/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2016-03-04T20:40:07.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Why Hollywood Is Bracing for Disaster", "articleSection": "Business", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2016/03/160304_em_filmindustry.jpg", "width": 2100, "height": 1039, "caption": "160304_EM_FilmIndustry" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alicia Adamczyk", "url": "https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/#author", "image": "https://img.money.com/2016/01/alicia-headshot-2.jpg?quality=85&w=640&h=640&crop=1", "email": "alicia.adamczyk@moneymail.com", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2016-03-04T20:40:07.000Z", "description": "Movie studios are relying on too few films for too much of their profits, according to a movie analyst.", "abstract": "Movie studios are relying on too few films for too much of their profits, according to a movie analyst.", "@id": "https://money.com/film-industry-blockbusters-consolidation/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2016-03-04T20:40:07.000Z", "wordCount": 275, "keywords": [ "Hollywood", "Leisure", "pubdesk" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Business", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Media", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media" ] } ] } ] } ```