Not mine, but true apparently...
When Sony bought Columbia pictures around 1990, a Hollywood suit was showing a Japanese exec around the studio. He was explaining how film production worked, how 90% of Hollywood movies lose money, and thus how the profits from the blockbuster hits are generally just keeping the studio afloat by offsetting the losses from the rest of their output.

The Japanese guy says, "why you not just stop making shit movies?"
( pixel_fucker is going to need a bigger brush, Tue 17 May 2011, 23:38, 5 replies)

Sounds apocryphal
but good all the same.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 17 May 2011, 23:51, closed)

Probably. But I like it in any case.
( pixel_fucker is going to need a bigger brush, Wed 18 May 2011, 17:41, closed)

Hollywood accounting
Got to love their tenuous grasp on the concept of "loss making" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting
( SteamedCleaner, Wed 18 May 2011, 0:19, closed)

Oh dear
I spent a good 20 seconds trying to say "shit" in a japanese accent to work out what you meant. Boy, do I feel sirry.
( Ungersven would support SpankyHanky's patreon, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:20, closed)

Sort-of-related
www.theonion.com/articles/japan-pledges-to-halt-production-of-weirdo-porn-th,2657/
(speedevil, Wed 18 May 2011, 22:16, closed)