a friend said this:
true or false?
When we see that a movie has gross like $200 million that's very misleading. People use that to impress others. That number is the ticket gross, the amount the theaters took in. The number that is important to studios, distribution companies and investors is the gross film rental, what was actually taken in by the distribution company from the theaters. Distribution companies get between 10-50% of the net profits. Investors have to get their money back plus interest (10-15%), production companies get small percentage, because the distribution company has to recoup for marketing expenses. Producer gets his share, Director gets what's leftover or if they were paid before the move was made, then they get nothing.
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