Box office drives the film market.
As independent films attract larger audiences worldwide, more investors are willing to take a chance on low budget movies. With Hollywood studio executives having fist-fights over acquisition of the hot new festival films, a growing number of independent features are being distributed. When low budget movies yield relatively high grosses, everyone wants to get on the moneywagon. A current independent to watch is one of the 1996 Sundance darlings, The Spitfire Grill. Beethoven's 5th, has been on the Hollywood roller coaster for years.