The films are high quality, but consistently tanking. It's a pretty sad situation since they're fab to work with.
They were spending a crapload of money on the films that they were producing with many of them flopping outright. Just this past year, Vice cost $60 million and made about $76 million WW, while The Sisters Brothers cost $38 million and made a whopping $13 million WW. Throw on distribution costs since they decided that was a good idea, and they haven't been so much bleeding money as they've been gushing it.
Annapurna is the US distributor of the movie.
How did you get that sense? Annapurna was putting out quality movies though I'm not familiar with their box office sales. Their movies are so good it elevated my opinion of the games they chose to publish.
Absolutely sad, they and A24 give me slim hope during these dark times of cinema making.
A24 hasn't had many huge hits, but their business model is designed around low budget films 24/7, so their exposure isn't anywhere nearly as risky as it has been for Annapurna. I think it also helps them out a lot that they're also big into genre films, particularly horror, so they have a built-in audience.
I know they do, me and several others are there nearly every time! š
Orion has been back for a few years, but I can't blame you for not noticing since they've been far less active than they were in their heyday, with focusing mostly on tiny films with the occasional plea to the mainstream, like the recent remake of Child's Play.
