If I produce a movie by myself, which is getting all the money from investors by myself without any help, and it gets distributed by a major distribution company, how much of the income will I be able to keep with me being writer, director, and producer.
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You get to keep whatever you get the investors to agree to letting you have. Same for the distributors. There's no magic formula here.
A word to the wise. If you find investors willing to cut you a check, you're ahead of most everyone here. If a distributor is interested, ask for cash up front because that is all you're likely to see.
Good luck.
A word to the wise. If you find investors willing to cut you a check, you're ahead of most everyone here. If a distributor is interested, ask for cash up front because that is all you're likely to see.
Good luck.
Welcome to indietalk.
Okay, I'll play "what if" with you; if you get all the money from investors
yourself, you will have a very clear contract detailing exactly what percentage
of any money the movie makes you get. It is entirely in YOUR hands. When
you are in negotiations with the investors YOU tell them how much of the
income from a major distribution company you want. then you negotiate and
work from there.
It depends. There is a lack of information here. Most notably, who is putting up the P&A, what is the distribution cut, what is the cinema cut, will the distributor screw you to keep the cinema happy?
Assuming you have your own P&A and get a sweetheart deal as the distributor thinks you're going to make boatloads, they may be willing to negotiate a 10% flat rate. You'd expect producers need to be in the 45% of box office takings range.
From there, what you keep really comes down to what you initially agreed upon up front, details within the recoupment schedule, often depending on the budget and who is above you in the recoupment schedule and so on.
It's a how long is a piece of string question.
Assuming you have your own P&A and get a sweetheart deal as the distributor thinks you're going to make boatloads, they may be willing to negotiate a 10% flat rate. You'd expect producers need to be in the 45% of box office takings range.
From there, what you keep really comes down to what you initially agreed upon up front, details within the recoupment schedule, often depending on the budget and who is above you in the recoupment schedule and so on.
It's a how long is a piece of string question.
"get a sweetheart deal as the distributor thinks you're going to make boatloads"
Pretty much doesn't exist any more (maybe VERY rare cases). I used to work for a distributor and if your half a million dollar movie seemed to really have a lot of potential you might get $10K or $15K up front and in many cases that's all the money you'd ever see. It's usually a bitter pill for the film maker to swallow.
Pretty much doesn't exist any more (maybe VERY rare cases). I used to work for a distributor and if your half a million dollar movie seemed to really have a lot of potential you might get $10K or $15K up front and in many cases that's all the money you'd ever see. It's usually a bitter pill for the film maker to swallow.