Cheap Movies Win Big
低成本電影大獲全勝
Introduction
Some new horror movies are very popular. These movies cost little money. They are better than big, expensive movies.
一些新的恐怖電影非常受歡迎。這些電影成本很低，但比昂貴的大製作電影更好。
Main Body
Two movies, 'Backrooms' and 'Obsession,' made a lot of money. 'Backrooms' cost $10 million but made $140 million. 'Obsession' cost only $750,000 but made $200 million. Big movies like 'Star Wars' are not as popular now.
有兩部電影，《後室》與《強迫症》，賺了很多錢。《後室》成本為1,000萬美元，但賺了1.4億美元。《強迫症》成本僅為75萬美元，但賺了2億美元。像《星際大戰》這樣的大製作現在不再那麼受歡迎了。
Young people do not like old movie series. They want new and different stories. These new directors started on YouTube. They have many fans online, so people go to the cinema to see them.
年輕人不喜歡舊的電影系列。他們想要新穎且不同的故事。這些新導演在YouTube上起家。他們在網上有許多粉絲，所以人們會去電影院觀看他們的作品。
Steven Spielberg is a famous director. He likes these cheap movies. He has a new movie about aliens. It comes out on June 12.
史蒂芬·史匹柏是一位著名的導演。他很喜歡這些低成本電影。他有一部關於外星人的新電影，將於6月12日上映。
Conclusion
Now, cheap and new movies are more popular than big studio movies.
現在，低成本且新穎的電影比大製片廠的電影更受歡迎。
Vocabulary Learning
💰 The Power of 'More' and 'Better'
In this story, we see how to compare things. When we want to say one thing is "higher" or "stronger" than another, we often add -er to the word.
How it works:
- Cheap Cheaper
- Big Bigger
- Fast Faster
From the text: "These movies... are better than big, expensive movies." (Note: 'Better' is a special word. We don't say 'gooder'; we say better!)
📉 'Not as... as' (The Balance)
Sometimes we want to say two things are not equal. We use this pattern: Not as [word] as [something else]
- Example: "Big movies... are not as popular as they were before."
This means: Big movies Popularity of new movies.
🕒 Timing the Future
Look at the date: June 12. When we talk about a movie release, we use a simple phrase: "It comes out on..." [Date]
- Example: It comes out on June 12.