First, I'm Not A Seer I do not style myself a future predictor, so, I want to say that I do not KNOW exactly what things will be like in 2021; but the following are not just random thoughts, they are based on detailed study. Having spent a good bit of my life
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This Table Lists All the Film Titles Currently in Our Database But don't let that stop you from asking for a film, as we are constantly adding titles. You can download this pdf and peruse, search, take you time with checking for the films you desire, or get ideas
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Indies Lose Freedom (and money) Under Studio-Set Deals
What I Have Never Understood Why does the independent portion of the business let the studios and big theater chains set all the rules, set ticket prices, set these DVD prices, set release windows, in fact, set many of the conditions under which the indies and the indie
Continue ReadingBooksmart Release – Is This the New Way We Distribute Indie Films?
Having read quite a few mentions of the Booksmart film not performing up to snuff, or to expectations, and even discussion as to whether this augurs weakness for women-themed films, or women-helmed films, I wanted to look. A Wide Release Then I started to look at
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Retreat from 2017 Panic!
Box Office Returns to Form in 2018 In late 2017, the biggest story was whether box office was falling off of a cliff or not, after the somewhat disastrous Summer and weak Fall season we discussed in last year's Box Office Panic! series. We've Seen This Before We
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Key Risks in Making a Film, Part III
Steps to Green-lighting Yourself Until the day your film is funded, it is hopefully, fruitfully, in development. But what is development, and what is all this development for? Some think development is to get people attached: Actors and others whom you can "sell" to
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“Big” Data or “Smart” Data
In this era of ‘Big Data’ buzzwords flying everywhere, “We at FilmProfit prefer to focus on the accuracy and the appropriateness of data, not its height or its girth.” FilmProfit Uses Latest Data Science Techniques to Guide Financial Modeling Deep knowledge of the
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How Do We Arrive At A Film’s Projections Model?
Are They Predictions?I find that some folks prefer to look at Projections as some kind of prediction of performance. Let me start off by saying clearly that Projections of Potential Income ARE NOT PREDICTIONS of any performance. Predicting is what humans have sought for
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