The Asylum

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The Asylum is an American independent film production and distribution company based in Burbank, California. It produces low-budget direct-to-video films, in particular mockbusters, which capitalize on the popularity of major studio films with similar titles and premises. The Asylum produces as many low-budget films as quickly as possible, which earn around $150,000 to $250,000 in profit. It produces dozens of films each year and generates millions of dollars, and says it has never lost money on a film. The Asylum spends between 12 days to two months shooting the film (for total making of a film they average 4 months), and as it is not affiliated with any industry guilds other than SAG-AFTRA, their employees will sometimes work up to 20–22 hours a day. Initially founded as a distribution company for low-budget drama films, the Asylum switched to in-house productions in the mid-2000s due to competition from larger studios such as Lionsgate Films. In 2005, the Asylum released the film H...

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