Small release indie and arthouse financially are the same thing. It’s got a name cast, but it’s not going to the big theaters. If you hang out at the arthouses enough you’ll see big name people in a lot of little movies that never get near the big theaters, they do those movies to convince themselves they’re not just in it for the money.
True, but I would disagree about the DVD and HBO is all. Movies like that often see substantial business there.