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Amour (movie)
Specialty Film Market Woes Make Oscars a Rough Game

The number of prestige pics produced by the majors has declined. Traditional adult audiences flock to cable. Ancillary revenue streams remain uncertain. All of which means that the always-challenging Oscar film market is more challenging than ever. When questioned by Variety's co-editor-in-chief Claudia Eller about the future of low-cost, prestige dramas like "Million Dollar Arm" on Dec. 10 at the Variety's annual Dealmakers Breakfast, Disney chief Bob Iger said, "You can quickly lose $40 million on a $10 million film these days." That's a potent explanation for Sony Pictures Classics co-prexy Tom Bernard's observation to Variety's Steven...