Gaming is currently the largest sector in digital entertainment.

For horror, Blumhouse is the undisputed king. Their model is genius: ultra-low budgets ($3-5 million) for high-concept scripts, allowing for massive returns ( Paranormal Activity made nearly $200 million on a $15k budget). Their productions include the Insidious series, The Purge , M3GAN , and the recent Five Nights at Freddy’s .

No conversation about popular entertainment is complete without Disney. With the acquisition of and 20th Century Studios , Disney has become less of a studio and more of a cultural monopoly. Their production strategy is simple yet devastatingly effective: mine existing intellectual property (IP) for nostalgia.