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  2. Oct 1, 2024 · Key Takeaways. While there's a lot of money to be made in the film industry, the economics of movie-making are far from simple. There's no sure path for a film to turn a profit since...

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  3. How exactly does movie box office work? Who gets paid what, and when? How does it all add up? We have the answers right here.

    • Ticket sales. I had just started working in a cinema when Jurassic Park was released. The night of those first public screenings, a local news crew came down and poked their cameras into everybody’s faces.
    • The concession stand. In a multiplex, where the overheads will tend to be quite steep and the number of flops can actually be surprisingly high, ticket prices alone just wouldn’t be enough to keep the fat cats at the top of the chain as well-fed as they’d like.
    • Four-walling. Sometimes, the distributor doesn’t want to share the ticket price with the exhibitor, or the exhibitor will refuse to book a film for reasons of their own.
    • DVD, Blu-ray or download sales and rental. As noted, some films are being offered via VOD at the same time as their cinema releases. This is very much the norm with ‘smaller films’ now, the kind of picture that will play the Curzon or Picturehouse chains.
  4. Feb 20, 2017 · The way a film’s income is collected and distributed is known as the Recoupment Waterfall. Income comes in from a variety of sources and the money is then handed back to the filmmakers via a number of third parties.

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  5. Unclear about exactly how films make money? To who and where the profits go? In this video I’m going to explain the different stages and ways that a film can...

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  6. May 17, 2023 · The main sources of revenue for movies are box office revenue, merchandising, product placement, and home entertainment revenue. Let’s take a look in detail at various sources of revenue where movies make money.

  7. A quick look at how films earn money both in and out of the studio system--plus the truth behind money at the Box Office.

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