So, it’s not impossible to make these types of features for a low budget, but plenty of sacrifices have to be made in order to keep it that way. Crawl was a small $13.50 million the key thing is that the locations and cast were minimal. Of course, it’s not impossible to make a cheap creature feature. Godzilla has name value thus, the reasoning executives are willing to shell out so much cash and A Quiet Place proved to be a box office winner. Given the level of special effects, VFX, costumes, etc., creature movies are more so blockbuster affairs that are more of a risk than a reward. The first film was around $18 million, but the monsters weren’t featured as much until the climax of the movie. Even A Quiet Place Part II was an estimated $61 million. Jurassic World and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom was a combined budget of $315 million. In fact, all of the recent Godzilla and Kong movies ( Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla, and Godzilla: King of the Monsters) range from $160 – $185 million.
Creature flicks are not cheap to make for a Hollywood studio. What was once a big draw in movies theaters has suddenly diminished greatly in the mainstream. Now, the Syfy channel is flooded with these types of movies: Sharknado, 5 Headed Shark, Sea Beast, or Sasquatch Mountain are just some of the 100s of creature features that the channel has on weekly. Kong and Jurassic World has nicely heated up the box office, and the monster from A Quiet Place has attracted many moviegoers, but these usually B-level type movies are more a rarity in theaters.
In the modern age, creature features don’t make much of a splash in the mainstream world.
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