Well Abe, your dynasty made me give HM3 a shot as well, but it still seems like you can create your own movie that flat out smashes totals.
Here is a screenie of my movie.
All I did was create the title, hired a writer, put 5 stars in all of the post, pre and any other production thing I could think of, used the "auto cast" feature, and paid over 125 mil for advertising.
The film cost 620+ to make but I made that almost 10 times over in return.
It's the reason I stopped playing in the first place, or I've just had amazing luck with some movies.