https://www.slideshare.net/RobOgden3/fundamentals-of-film-finance-09-mar15-web-version

Check out this nifty slideshow on Film Economics. It really breaks down why so few indie films get produced and why Hollywood films are so market research driven and entirely depend on their marketing budgets. Investors and banks do most of the funding in Hollywood's steep marketplace and they do not like risk. So we get titles that are designed for box office performance and not customer reward or creative expression. Indie cinema has creative freedom in lieu of profits & fame. But if indies could give their investors better understanding of the business schematics, raising money would be easier.