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November 29, 2017 By JNH Leave a Comment

Box Office Panic! Part IV

What Chance Do Indie Films Have? Over the last three weeks, I had wanted to explore whether, as some were intimating, the idea of going to see movies in theaters is a dying market. Hi Def TVs, Netflix and Amazon around the world, TV downloadable to mobile devices, couch

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November 18, 2017 By JNH Leave a Comment

Box Office Panic! Part III

Last week, I discussed box office, primarily by quarters over the last nearly eight years. I hinted that I was going to go in a slightly different direction to see if we can discern if there are fundamental elements causing this to play out the way it does, and who is

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November 11, 2017 By JNH Leave a Comment

Key Risks in Making a Film, & How to Manage Them, Part II

Be Prepared With a Ready Script! I Have Always Subscribed To The Boy Scout Motto: “Be Prepared.” The purpose of this series is to discuss and study the key risks inherent in the motion picture business. By contemplating, planning for and planning against these risks

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Filed Under: Our Thinking Lately Tagged With: Box Office, Business Planning for Films, Film Business Risks, Motion Pictures, Movies, Risk Management, Screenwriting, Script

November 11, 2017 By JNH

Box Office Panic! Part II

In my previous installment of this probing into the health of the movies in theaters business, we looked at two rudimentary charts that showed that, though the industry touts the fact that box office goes up each year (kind of like a public company report that wants to say

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November 4, 2017 By JNH Leave a Comment

Box Office Panic! Part I

Some in Variety, in the Hollywood Reporter and other outlets have been panicking that this down movie ticket year is the death knell of movies in theaters. I am no Pollyanna, but I heard this story in 2005 as well, of course coming off of the sterling year which brought us

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December 12, 2016 By JNH Leave a Comment

The Proliferation of Digital (VOD/SVOD/etc.) and the Further Fracturing of Markets

As seen from the view in Brazil It has been true over the last forty years that as a new movie-viewing platform arrives, chances for consumers to hone their tastes, and to fine-tune their choices has expanded film viewing and expanded film income. At the same time,

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Filed Under: Our Thinking Lately Tagged With: movie business, Netflix, SVOD, Video On Demand, VOD

June 11, 2016 By JNH Leave a Comment

How Do You Kick-Start Your Business Plan?

What The Heck Is The Thru-Line? And Why Is Every Film A Marketing Challenge and An Opportunity? ***I am updating this article, particularly after a discussion with a client that tweaked my thinking on using the word “problem.” Every time I used it, I found myself

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March 12, 2016 By JNH Leave a Comment

Why is Video on Demand so Attractive?

And Why Are So Many People Mystified About Video on Demand and Its Contribution to a Film’s Value? It’s attractive because delivering a film is expensive, and the core purpose of filmmaking is sharing what you made, the story you have told. More ways to share it are

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