Nobody ever sets out to make a terrible movie, but a large majority of them do end up very bad and ultimately under-perform at the box-office. But how do these movies go bad? How does a movie such as Speed Racer, with its huge budget, special effects and big stars completely sink in the theatres?

With big budget movies getting even more complex than ever before, it is no surprise that things can go horribly wrong. With many different people working on these productions, it is such a shame that just one person could not see it as a whole and spot the mistakes. Unfortunately some of the solutions to these problems can be even more complex than the problem. And it can be very to completely overlook the obvious and see the solution clearly.

Of course, even if Hollywood turns out a truly awful movie, it doesn?t mean it can?t have moderate success at the box office, if only briefly. The lesson is that it doesn’t matter what truly awful movies Hollywood wants to throw out at the public, people are going to show up and spend their money.

Money can be made by throwing plenty of cash hard and fast at a movie and have a very intense advertising campaign. They will eventually realise that the movie completely stinks, but if you are quick enough with campaign, then you can get some money back before the public figures it out.

The obvious choice would be in not distributing an awful movie. Having spent all that money and ended up with a bad movie, why throw even more money away? But rather than do all that, Hollywood would rather throw even more money, time and effort into making the movie look as good as possible. They make the trailer that promise the moon and can make the movie look a lot better than it really is, but simply can’t deliver.

Whatever you do, don’t tell the public that the movie is just a nice exploration of boy meets girl movie. Build it up much bigger than that. Tell them that it’s an explosive romance between the sizzling hot star and her muscle-bound, action-packed co-star who shoots before he thinks.

With the trailer, make sure all of the very best shots from the movie are there, even shots that haven?t even made it to the final cut. With this you can get audiences rushing to the theatres to see your movie.

Everything can rest on the success of a movie, and studios and reputations can hang from a single thread over this. For this reason, careers can be completely ruined and many people connected with the production can loose their jobs.

Your movie could have the latest top director, the biggest stars in Hollywood, fancy special effects and the biggest budget available, and this still wouldn?t guarantee a success at the box office.