It's the movies, stupid.

Movie execs are starting to suspect that bad movies might have something to do with this year's box office slump. Ya think?

Bennett Miller, the director of the critically lauded "Capote," which opened Friday, suggested that Hollywood's habit of playing it safe makes more-daring films look particularly good by comparison.

"The market creates conventionality and conformity, but that's not really what people want to see," he said.