HOW DO FILMS MAKE MONEY? | A LOOK at THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION

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. All good things to know when getting into film financing.

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[screen_spirit]

These are the kind of videos I like. No extended coffee making sequences, no onewheel boarding, no whacky goofing around, no guff - just great relevant info. You deserve a lot more subscriptions. Keep up the great work.

[TheEliasNoel]

Another great piece of content man. What sets this channel apart is you are giving tangible steps for people to take which most people don’t even try to do.

[brownspacefilms]

Another great piece of education and information. Thanks for the share Will!

[jadoncal]

Trying to navigate selling a current film on my hard drives and get funding for the next. This side of the industry is tough!

[GrayMansEndlessIncite]

Easy to understand and essential info here, good job! Money makes the world go round, as the cliche goes, but few people on YouTube do a serious analysis of how money goes around.

[studiogenius_]

Imagine spending only one hour with you! Thank you so much for sharing this enlightening video🙏

[priyaranjanjha]

Amazing.. very helpful knowledge shared here.. thank you sir

[michaelraju]

Awesome video! I had many questions on how box office revenues were shared and where the real profit was, and this video answered everything. Thank you!

[whynesspower]

3:20 Today the hollywood and the producers are in total different business, today the business is all creating rights and properties that can be licensed for TV, Streaming, Video Games, T-shirts, merchandise whatever add box office to that and thats how studios make money

[kalakakarot]

Wow...this was indeed very helpful. I always wanted to know how movies make money...I think independent film making is now quite risky unless the director has some kind of clout..they can make films in low budget and then gain high profits if the film is well received...the horror films are looked down but most of them make huge profits for jason blum.

[HouseOfDeion]

No disrespect, but the studios that are making $100 million movies often own the distribution company as a separate subsidiary, the theater gets a minority percentage of the box office during the first few weeks of release, their share increases of course gradually but starting out, the blockbuster box office goes mostly to the studio during opening. Giving up 50% of box office to the theaters out the gate and giving up another 25% to a distributor is more so how the money would be divided if the movie was from a much smaller independent studio that doesn’t have the kind of leverage that the big studios making $100 million movies have

[entertainmentfan]

Just saw this video. Nice content man. Although in regards to New Line Cinema, it should be point out the LOTR films didn't do the studio any justice because everyone ended up suing NLC over those movies from the Tolkien estate to Peter Jackson himself because NLC tried to screw over everyone with Hollywood accounting. I'm sure it ended up costing NLC more money than they would've lost if they just paid all those creative people the money they were asking for.

[geelongvideoguy]

Theatrical is dead for indie filmmakers. Has been for a while. At the most I would 4 wall a few screenings, have a launch party or two, find a way to get eyeballs to an online platform, absolutely do not sell the rights to your movie. Keep the budgets low, keep the rights in house.

[Evangelionism]

Between domestic tax credits foreign tax credits, domestic release numbers, international release numbers, marketing costs, distribution costs, exhibition splits, projected targets, production costs, taxation, other fees, plus internal profit splits, movies like Endgame, Avatar 2, Mario, Barbie, Oppenheimer, Sound of Freedom, etc., should be studied and taught in AME finance, business, marketing, and production classes.

[RoadieSanchez]

What are examples of distribution companies in this scenario?

[ImBsal]

yeah...Spiderman No way home just broke all the box office records. Cinemas ain't closing anytime soon.

[andrewFJ]

I still don't understand, what's the best way to support work of, for example, James Cameron, do I buy cinema ticket or an Blueray copy? Wha if I live in europe but movie, like Avatar 2, Is made in the US, who gets the money? How does it work? I think making this information for general public would be of great benifit to stop piracy.

[Pauldjreadman]

The point is of a cinema to go and watch a film on a BIG screen

[mrbelivieable]

Really?! That is not fair. The theater should only get 1 M out of that and the distribution company should only get just a couple of hundred thousands and the rest should get back to the film industry.

[deephard]

Film production will soon be like music production...