Show Me The Money

Storylink has a good analysis up right now on The Structure of Megahit Movies:

"In classic Hollywood story structure, after the climax scene we have a resolution scene in which all loose ends are resolved. The protagonist either obtains the unique object, or it is destroyed in the climax scene. The protagonist and the love interest are reunited, and the community celebrates their victory."

All of this is also discussed in the top screenwriting workshops touring LA an NY every few days it seems. Richard Stefanik, though, has made a name for himself by studying the formula of success in terms of box office clout, letting the audience decide what counts as worthwhile by voting with their wallets. He specifically studies films that had U.S. Domestic Box-Office Grosses of $250 million or more, meaning action/adventure in an almost exclusive category unto themselves.

Still, what the masses show with fist-fulls of money in front of million dollar movie promotions, so too can the starving artist pick up and apply when forming a new project ideas that better target audience expectation and mass appeal.