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I wonder if this will change as Hollywood is eyeing three $1B+ box office earners back to back to back this summer

But weren't they all made outside of Hollywood? Emeryville, around Europe and the UK, and then the UK for Toy Story 5, Odyssey, and Spiderman respectively?

A decent amount of odyssey was actually filmed on the universal backlot

Which is cool, but also likely an outlier due to Christopher Nolan's usage of practical effects vs CGI. His clout probably helped with the funding of that tbh.

They are still building new soundstages as we speak.

Sure but I meant now they are making more than before they might not be as cost sensitive going forward

Unlikely.

Money is money, and if you can film in UK where you get tax incentives and lower costs there's no reason to film in Hollywood.

Could say the same about filming on IMAX, refusing to use CGI, various cost cutting measures taken by cheaper looking Netflix movies.

Idk, the need to worry about cost fluctuates with how much you make. That's also true

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