A few weeks ago I used Nicolas Cage as a framing device to explain the Cannes Marche du Film. Towards the end of the article I presented a chart showing the inflation-adjusted budgets for films starring Nicolas Cage. The chart showed that we reached "Peak Cage" in 2004, which was when the average budgets for his movies reached their all-time high. From 2005 onward, Nicolas Cage's movies got smaller.