Distribution

Exhibition In Different Stages:

Promotional Screenings - Cinemas - Hospitality - DVD Rental - Pay TV/ VOD- DVD Retail - Free TV - Library

• Digital Video production is changing this
• A film recoups most of its budget through DVD
• There are 45 international territories in which the rights to exhibit films are regularly traded
• 20 internaltional markey places e.g. Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Sundance
• Sales agents for film rights tend to use the same set of generic internal percentages to make esitimates as to how a film will sell internationally
• Europe 39% Far East 16% North America 33%
• Only Europe & Asia tend to buy these films.
• A film exhibition sale is generally a 75-25 split between a vender cinema/retailer/TV & a distributor, deducts 35% commision and costs 'off the top'.
• Cinema hasn't been seriously affected by the recession.
• 40% of independant British Films never gross more than 100k at the box office
• opening in over 100 screens significantly increases cost
• 49% of all DVD rentals are now generated online

Royalty Model                                                       Off The Top Model

Distributor Pays                                                    Distributor tasks 35%

Producer a 35% royalty                                       Commision + 25% cost

• Supermarkets have come to dominate DVD sales, pushing the average retail price of a DVD to £7.42
• Supermarkets - 23%  Audio, video, specialists 35% Mail Order: 15% Generalists - 18% Wholesalers 9%
• Pay Per View + Video on Demand tend to be more profitable as the costs of sale are born by the TV platform.
• Subscription & free TV fixed-free licensing deals depend on the performance history of the film.
• Recoupment is organised into a corridor & made from a central collection account
• 55% of your money pays for debts.