Figure out how I'm going to not be throwing the production budget down the toilet, ie marketing for profitable distribution.
Determine likely revenue.
Half of that should be the total budget.
Half of that, or quarter of estimated revenue, should be allocated toward production.
Depending upon that production budget number determines whether I wanna pay an agent 5-10% finder's/representative fee for doing what I could less efficiently perform, but money's money, so...
Figure screenplay to be about 2-5% of production budget. But then again, I'd only pay to buy a screenplay pretty much guaranteed to have a marketable actor or producer attached - and they may or may not want to work with me/you.
I have no idea what budget ballpark you're even batting in. Screenplay costs + attorney's fees alone via agent may or may not even be worth the hassle to any of the parties involved.
Same for a rep.
I would not bother asking distributors that package films, such as Echo Bridge or Mill Creek.
Note the tabs at the bottom:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...WGNZNExVQVRnMkFEbDUxRldlSHc&usp=sharing#gid=0
Then review the (estimated) budgets, then the ratings and "users", infer like numbers for the films with no estimated budget provided.
Now, some of these films have both not so teeny-tiny budgets -and- have some recognizable stars in them -and- even still I don't believe they ever recovered their combined production budget plus marketing and promotion budget in revenue.
I don't KNOW that. But I suspect that - strongly.
As you may likely observe there is zero correlation between budget and "users" and certainly none between budget and rating nor rating and users.
If you don't want to completely waste your money (and that of your "executive producers") figure out your profitable marketing FIRST.
Everything else follows behind.
