Apocalypse Now for the Movie Industry | Opinion

By Tom RogersEditor-at-Large for Newsweek ShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.When the enormously impactful and celebrated movie Apocalypse Now was produced in 1979, its budget was about $31.5 million. In today’s money, that’s about $140 million. While certainly not cheap, production budgets for major theatrical releases today often run in the $200-300 million range, and some production budgets are even higher.

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