The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment.
The trick of making movies in this culture is how to not give up everything that makes them worthwhile in order to get them made - and that's a tricky balance.
The thing is there have been American movies that are similar to Solaris, like Alien had a lot of things that are similar, although it's also got the horror element.