Studios hope for another blockbuster year of cinema

Hollywood may be hoping for less drama in 2014. 2013 was a tale of two cinemas.

Blockbusters like The Lone Ranger and After Earth flopped spectacularly while many in the industry (including Steven Spielberg) bemoaned the increasingly commercial trajectory of the studios.

And yet by the end of the year, Hollywood had set a record with nearly $11bn (€8bn) in revenue, while critics hailed the year’s crop — from Gravity to 12 Years a Slave to Inside Llewyn Davis — as one of the best in years.