How does a film s budget affect its merchandise sales?

The single source listed discusses the high monetary costs of producing certain blockbuster films, noting record budgets for titles such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the Avengers sequels. It describes how inflation, technology, and market competition have historically influenced production budgets, but it does not mention merchandise or ancillary revenue streams. Because the evidence does not address merchandise sales at all, we cannot determine how a film's budget might affect those sales. Any claim that a larger budget leads to higher merchandise revenue would be speculative and unsupported by the provided information.