For a long time now, Hollywood's reliance on big franchises with irresponsible budgets has been kneecapping it in the long-run. It's a big problem that seems to have affected studios across the board. Disney spent $300 million on "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny," which ended up with a disappointing box office take to say the least. 2023's "Fast X," meanwhile, is said to have cost $340 million before marketing, almost guaranteeing the film would never make money (which it almost certainly didn't, since it made around $705 million worldwide). Then, there's Marvel Studios, which has been spending egregious amounts on its movies even in the face of dwindling box office receipts.

Though there were signs of trouble prior to the end of Marvel Studios' Phase Three, which culminated in

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