Film distribution costs
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Distribution and costs
Key tems
• Production cycle• Distribution as invisible art/process• Story rights• Screenplay• Producers• Director• Cast• composer
The Production Cycle
• Production Company
Distribution Company
Exhibitors
Audience
Profit finance Returns
TV/ DVD sales
The Conglomerate
Distribution
• The Invisible Art – process known only to those within the industry, barely written about and also imperceptible to everyone else.
Producers AudienceDistribution
Independent Films
• Independent Studios don’t ‘do’ vertical integration
• No formal connection between Producers, distributors and exhibitors
• Collaboration – need to get a major company on side
• £££££££££££££$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Distribution Companies
• Determine how many copies (prints) of a film to make
– Why might this be important?– What might be some issues surrounding
this?
Distribution = power
WHY? Films can not be financed without the help of distributors
They access to capital (like spare money in a pot/account)
HOW? They have deal with theatre owners (or are often the owners)
WHAT DO THEY GET?
Brand name recognition
Ownership…………. (they own) copyright
It’s all about Money!
• Films are expense to make!
• Distribution Company and their conglomerate owners are profit driven so they must feel confident that they can make sufficient return on investment
How much to make Spiderman 2?
COST DETAIL COST
Story rights $ ?
Screenplay $ ?
Producers $ ?
Director (Sam Raimi) $ ?
Cast: Tobey Maguire: $___millionKirsten Dunst: $___ millionAlfred Molina: $___ millionRest of cast: $___ million
$ ?
Production costs $
Visual effects $
Music: Composer (Danny Elfman): $____ million.
$
Total $_____ million
COMPLETE IN PAIRS
Spiderman 2 COSTS
COST DETAIL COST
Story rights $20 million
Screenplay $10 million
Producers $15 million
Director (Sam Raimi) $10 million
Cast: Tobey Maguire: $17 millionKirsten Dunst: $7 millionAlfred Molina: $3 millionRest of cast: $3 million
$30 million
Production costs $45 million
Visual effects $65 million
Music: Composer (Danny Elfman): $2 million.
$5 million
Total $200 million
Unbreakable COSTS
DETAIL OF COST COST
Story rights and Screenplay $5,000,000
Producers $1,878,260
Director (M. Night Shyamalan & Assistant): $5,081,749
Cast:Bruce Willis: $20,000,000Samuel L. Jackson: $7,000,000Robin Wright Penn: $2,500,000Rest of Cast, Casting, Stunts, & Travel: $5,568,388
$ 31,903,987
Production costs:Visual effects: $1,000,000Music: $2,253,456
$26,214,709
TOTAL $73,243,106
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
COSTSDETAIL OF COST COST
Story rights and screenplay $4 million
Producers $4 million
Director (Jan de Bont) $5 millionCast
Angelina Jolie: $12 million Extras: $250,000Other (inc. Angelina's perks): $5 million
$17.25 million
Production costsSet design and construction: $17.8 million
$67 million
Visual Effects $13 millionMusic $3.3 million
Editing $3 million
Post Production costs $1.5 million
Total $118 million
Terminator 3: Rise of the MachinesCOSTS
COST DETAILS COSTStory rights (Carolco and Gale Anne Hurd) $19.5 million
ScreenplayJohn D. Brancato & Michael Ferris: $1 million
$5.2 million
Director (Jonathan Mostow) $5 million
Producers $10 million
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger: $29.25 million + 20% gross profitsArnold's perks: $1.5 millionRest of principal cast: $3.85 millionExtras: $450,000
$35 million
Production costs $58 million
Post-production costs $4 million
Visual effects $20 million
Music $2 million
Other costs $33.6 million
Total $187.3 million
Other Costs
• Promotion (marketing) – often higher than Production costs – Very hard to get accurate data (cost
projection)
• Promotion budgets usually around $65m
Other sources of money
• DVD’s – can add up to $100m and a higher % goes back to the company
• TV Rights• Merchandising/synergy
• But in 2009 theatrical box office revenue was bigger than home video revenue ……..why do you think?
• – piracy, Netflix, cost of 3D tickets (too high).