On 16 Dec 2002, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: >Blockbusters don't happen for a 10 million production budget, among >other things. > "Memento"? Which doesn't contradict your point, since it wasn't a blockbuster, just a good movie done well. Budget of $5 million, per IMDB, and it did turn a reasonable, if not spectacular, profit. But you couldn't do a fantasy-action film on that budget. A quick eyeball of a few sf/fantasy flicks suggest that $60-75 million is the average.