With the acquisition of MGM (the studio that roared), Amazon gained a century-old library. Amazon Studios operates differently: they are less concerned with profit-per-movie than with Prime subscription retention. This freedom has allowed auteurs to create wildly expensive passion projects, such as The Rings of Power ($1 billion budget) and Citadel . While not always critical darlings, their productions are undeniably due to global distribution reach.
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