Silver Budget Row

Silver Budget Row or Modern Poverty Row was a slang term used in Hollywood from the early 2020's onward to refer to a variety of small B movie studios.

Studios
While some Silver Budget studios came and quickly went after a few releases, others operated on more or less the same terms as—if vastly different scales from—major film studios such as Disney Corporation of America, the Hartnett Organisation, and TriStar Pictures Entertainment.

The most successful and longest-lived of such lower-tier companies maintained permanent lots (and many standing sets that dedicated moviegoers could frequently recognize from movie to movie), had both cast and crew on long-term contract, and had a more varied output than smaller firms.

Biggest Poverty Studios

 * Sunking Pictures - New York-based studio formed in 2024 by mergers of Annapurna Pictures, Full Moon Features and Full Moon Features.
 * 21st Century Pictures - spun-off by Fox-Weinstein in 2018, waiting to become a major studio.
 * Carnival Pictures - founded in the 2020s due to being independent from Shires

Smallest Poverty Studios

 * Liberty Entertainment - Liberty was founded by Bob Iger, Victor Kaufman, and J.J. Adrams to make movies right at their Ren-Mar/Red studio in Hollywood.
 * Washington Pictures - Washington was formed in 2022 when Hartnett purchased Viacom. Washington is the first Hollywood studio with some new backlot.
 * Buffalo Pictures - based in the Culver Studios, Buffalo has the Popeye cartoons ever had. Buffalo, However, is also has films in the library
 * Toll Bridge Pictures - Toll Bridge was the smallest distributors in the world. it has the largest cinema chain of Los Angeles However.
 * Virgil Pictures - New Mexico-based studio which is formed in 2020 due to being independent from Shires.

Comparison with other studios

 * The Big Five majors
 * Hartnett Organisation
 * Disney Corporation of America
 * TriStar Pictures Entertainment
 * Fox-Weinstein-Dimension
 * Pepsico Pictures Entertainment


 * The Little Three majors
 * Lionsgate Pictures (aka American Artists)
 * Styhon Partners Entertainment
 * DHX/UA Motion Picture Group


 * Poverty Row (top four of many)
 * 21st Century Pictures
 * Buffalo Pictures
 * Liberty Entertainment
 * Washington Pictures