MattRichmond
Developer | Grip | Photographer
Matt
Richmond
Studios aren't just businesses; they are organisms. I sequenced 10,000 films to identify the four distinct "survival strategies" of the modern movie marketplace.
Low budget, massive output. These organisms rely on saturation strategies. Like bacteria, they reproduce quickly and cheaply.
Massive resource consumption. High budget, low volume. They move slowly but dominate their ecosystem when they strike.
Mid-budget, high critical reception. These specialized predators hunt for awards and acclaim rather than raw market share.
Top 50 Production Companies by cumulative revenue (2010-2023). Subsidiaries grouped by primary TMDB ID.
K-Means Clustering (k=4) used to mathematically identify the archetypes based on Budget/Volume coordinates.
Streaming services (Netflix) create a new "hybrid" cluster: High Volume AND High Budget, disrupting the traditional ecosystem.