The first "Planet of the Apes," perhaps the most ingenious sci-fi film ever made, was a landmark: the first B-picture with a major motion picture budget, setting a new tone for a genre synonymous with laughable chintziness.
"This is a big picture budget making the best out of a bad situation," aid Sujan Hajra, chief economist at Anand Rathi, Mumbai-based securities firm.
Print may be dying, and Rihanna may know that a cover shoot might not sell a single download or prompt one solitary stream, but glossies have the biggest picture budgets.
Newspapers and magazines are cutting back sharply on picture budgets or going out of business altogether, and television stations have cut back on news coverage in favor of less costly fare.
"After Munchausen, I made three pictures on budget just to get back in the good books and clear my name".
LOS ANGELES — For weeks this movie capital has crackled with speculation on a lone topic: Will James Cameron's "Avatar," one of the biggest motion pictures — in budget and scope — ever made, soar or sputter at the box office?
I think that's a good summary of the picture the budget paints.
Can someone with a better prioritised picture desk budget than the Guardian please commission a plane to fly over it and shoot some more aerials?
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