Kevin SuraceKevin Surace is an AI pioneer, inventor, author, and human effectiveness authority helping people thrive while AI reshapes work and life.

The $120 Movie Is Coming

20 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief talk, Kevin Surace asserts that the current cost of producing a Hollywood feature film is about $1 million per minute. He predicts that within three years, advances in CGI and AI will reduce that cost to roughly $120 per minute, a million‑fold decrease. Surace explains that this will eliminate the need for traditional sets, studio infrastructure, and distribution channels, allowing creators to produce daily, high‑quality CGI movies on their own streaming platforms. He emphasizes that the decisive factor will become the story’s quality, not the budget, and claims he is actively collaborating with companies developing the required technology, guaranteeing that this transformation is imminent.

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It costs $1 million a minute to make a movie today. In 3 years, anyone could make one for $120. Here's why. Here's one thing I'll leave you with on the Hollywood portion. Costs about $1 million a minute to make a Hollywood feature film today. Now here's what's interesting. What happens 3 years from now when anyone can make a film for $120? A million times cheaper, right? And I don't need the sets and I don't need the studio system and I don't need it. In fact, I'll just put it on my own streaming service because I can make a movie every day. Now it's going to come down to, is the story good or bad? But if the story is great, we are going love it just as much. And it'll all be CGI quality. It'll look like a $120 million movie except it was $120. And I guarantee you this is happening because I'm working with some companies working on it, and that what we see is unbelievable.