German government conspiracy? (Score 2, Interesting)

A quick glance at Wikipedia yielded some interesting figures about Boll's films:

The House of the Dead (budget: $12 million) broke $5.73 million on opening weekend, Alone in the Dark made over $5.1 million (budget: $20 million), and BloodRayne (budget: $25 million) topped $2.42 million.

There is also an answer to the question of how he continues to raise funding:

'Boll is able to acquire funding thanks to German tax laws that reward investments in film. The law allows investors in German-owned films to write off 100% of their investment as a tax deduction; it also allows them to invest borrowed money and write off any fees associated with the loan. The investor is then only required to pay taxes on the profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the investor gets a tax writeoff.'

Uwe Boll is a direct result of German tax policy. Looks like the Germans are having some kind of sick joke on our behalf.