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LISZT & CHOPIN IN PARIS
Major theatrical motion picture based on true story filmed at
Europe’s greatest studios released by major U.S. studio accompanied
by promotional Tour world-wide featuring 300-years of music live
from beginning until present with international music elite on
world’s greatest stages.
Featuring ultimate peformances in grand piano with the magic of
Liszt’s and Chopin’s music and their contemporaries.
300-YEARS OF MUSIC TOUR
The magic of Franz Liszt and Frédéric Chopin captured with Dolby
Atmos 3D
In theaters all over world
BUSINESS PLAN
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Overview:
Liszt & Chopin In Paris is a major, international production
feature drama centered on the captivating story of two greatest
music icons of all time Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt in the
heart of 19th century Romantic Age in Europe in the
culturally-driven, historically rich and accurate context.
The film focuses on the celebrated romance between Frédéric
Chopin and George Sand, and between Franz Liszt and Marie d’Agoult
in the context of social, economic, political and cultural forces
that shaped the Romantic Age\ in 19th century Europe.
It is a tremendous project, deep, wonderful, a song to the past
glory of Europe that captures the essence of art and life and shows
audiences how life was then, how beautiful and noble it was and how
it can be again with energy that can inspire, revitalize and
resensitize the whole continent of Europe and with it the entire
world.
The film will have tremendous impact on today’s audiences as it
is a story of survival and the unconquerable human spirit during
the creation of the greatest epoch in history – the Romantic Age
that had such profound potential on humanity reaching its summit in
the arts, music, literature, excellence and greatness of human
spirit.
Because of its highly valuable historic content and high-end
production value the film will be packed with major Hollywood-movie
stars and participating world’s music elite.
Production is budgeted at $45 million allocated for
pre-production, and $30 million for filming and
post-production.
Additional soft money and production subsidies in the amount of
€ 35 mil. euros will supplement overall budget requirements
guaranteed by government regulatory entities in France, Italy,
Germany and UK per various agreements.
Additional subsidies “soft money” will be implemented by the
producing studios according to individual production incentives
programs in Eurozone established by European Film Commission and by
government and regulatory entities in each country in UK, France,
Italy and Germany.
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Production team:
Dr. Carl L. Woebcken (Studio Babelsberg) Producer Christoph L.
Fisser, Production Executive Sonja Zimmer, Production Executive
Babelsberg Studios – Europe’s largest motion picture studio.
Description of PRODUCTION team – production studios, locations –
UK, France, Italy, Germany and Russia.
In addition to Babelsberg Studio (Berlin) where most salon and
Lisztomania sequences (with extras and CGI) will be designed and
shot, production will also take place at London’s Pinewood Studio
for large, outdoor scenes using Pinewood studio lot and to some
extent Cinecitta’ studio in Rome, including Pinewood’s affiliated
branches in Rome and Cinecitta’s studio branch in Umbria.
Production will also take place to limited extent in Prague,
Budapest (possibly Romania) and St. Petersburg.
Locations and Timeline:
The film will be shot in France, Italy, Germany, UK (London and
Scotland) and Russia.
Production cycle: 24 months. Release date: Christmas 2020Total
production budget: $75 million usd including subsidies.
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Studio Babelsberg – Berlin (main gate) Europe’s oldest and
largest movie studio.
Studio Executives
Studio Executives – Christoph Fisser and Dr. Carl L.
Woebcken
The above production executives have 50-years of experience in
motion picture production behind them. In charge of Babelsberg
Studio, the oldest full turnkey studio in Europe on the outskirts
of Berlin where Alfred Hitchock was an apprentice and legendary
filmmakers Fritz Lang made their mark on cinema worldwide have
overseen productions such as Roman Polanski’s “The Pianist” Kate
Winslet “The Reader” Andy and Lana Wachowski’s “Cloud Atlas”
Quentin Tarantino’s “The Inglorious Basterds”, Tom Cruise’s
“Valkyerie” and most recently Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest”
nominated for for the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director in
2015.
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Sonja Zimmer, Production Executive
Filmography
2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (production
executive) (post-production) 2015 Point Break (production
executive) (post-production) 2015 Unfinished Business (production
executive: GER) (completed) 2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -
Part 1 (production executive) 2014 Beauty and the Beast (production
executive) 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel (production executive:
Studio Babelsberg) OSCAR 2015 2014 The Monuments Men (production
executive - uncredited) 2013 The Book Thief (production executive -
uncredited) 2013 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (production
executive) 2012 The Apparition (production executive: Studio
Babelsberg Motion Pictures) 2012 Anonymous (production executive -
uncredited) 2011 Hanna (production executive: Studio Babelsberg -
as Sonja Zimmer) 2010 The Ghost (production executive: Studio
Babelsburg) 2009 Ninja Assassin (production executive) 2009
Inglourious Basterds (production executive: Studio Babelsberg - as
Sonja Zimmer) 2008 Valkyrie (production executive: Studio
Babelsberg) 2008 The Reader (production executive: Studio
Babelsberg - as Sonja Zimmer)
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John Bernard, Producer
Xavier Wakefield, Producer
Jake Productions
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Jake Productions was founded in 2004 by vastly experienced
British Producer John Bernard. Since its foundation company
provides a vastly modernized and competitive approach to Production
Servicing in France and Europe in general.
Despite trading since only 2004 Jake Productions already boasts
a formidable list of credits which includes “Munich”, “Devil Wears
Prada”, “Iron Man 2”, “Entourage”, “Inception”, “Dom Hemingway”,
“Edge of Tomorrow” “Inglorious Basterds” and Martin Scorsese's
“Hugo” and “The Wolf of Wall Street”, as well as numerous TV
commercials for UK companies such as Partizan, RSA and Mad Cow
Films.
Xavier Wakefield is an established Producer from London, who’s
own resume includes over 500 commercials, pop videos and photo
shoots. Xavier’s Location Manager credits include “Iron Man 2”,
“Dom Hemingway”, fashion shoots for Mario Testino, as well as
having scouted locations on two Ridley Scott movies and Wachowski’s
brothers “Cloud Atlas”. Xavier has shot in over 15 countries
worldwide and now handles major commercials and photo shoots. Both
JB and Xavier’s careers have spanned over 20 years
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Cineroma S.r.l.
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David Nichols, Producer/Line Producer “Seven Years of Tibet”
“The Tourist” Francesco Marras, UPM “The Wolf of Wall Street”, “To
Rome With Love” “Everest”
David Nichols lastest film EVEREST - a $65 million American 3D
thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Keira Knightley, Josh Brolin,
Jason Clarke, John Hawkes, Sam Worthington, and Clive Standen based
on a true story about Mount Everest tragedy in 1996 will be
released by Universal in September 2015.
Cineroma s.p.a. David Nichols and Francesco Marras of Cineroma
bring 25-years of experience as line producers with the Hollywood
majors to Italy. “Bringing the Anglo-American audiovisual industry
to Italy means getting a chance to work with the type of budgets
that are not usually available in Europe’s film industry with all
the benefits of technical know-how”. Two movies Cineroma has worked
on recently are “The Tourist” and “To Rome with Love” by Woody
Allen.
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Francesco Marras, UPM “The Wolf of Wall Street”, “To Rome With
Love” “Everest”
ESSENTIAL FILMOGRAPHY: To Rome With Love (2012) – directed by
Woody Allen The Tourist (2010) – directed by Florian Henckel von
Donnersmarck Bruno (2009) – directed by Larry Charles The
International (2009) – directed by Tom Tykwer Love’s Brother (2004)
– directed by Jan Sardi Beowulf (2007) – directed by Robert
Zemeckis A Good Woman (2004) – directed by Mike Barker Swept Away
(2002) – directed by Guy Ritchie
CONTACTS: CINEROMA srl Via Margutta, 51 Rome 00100 – Italy
E-mail: [email protected] + 39 06 3600 4028F + 39 06 3600 4200David
Nichols [email protected] Marras
[email protected]
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Production will be led by producers Charles L. Woebcken
(Babelsberg’s Studio owner and production executive), Sonja Zimmer,
David Nichols, Francesco Marras (Cineroma s.r.l), and John Bernard
(Jake Productions).
John Mark, Producer/Director will supervise the recording of the
soundtrack for Liszt & Chopin In Paris as well as supervise the
recording of various sequences needed for the corresponding scenes
in production, and supervise the design, preparations and
participation in the world tour accompanying the release of the
film.
Mr. Mark is the writer of Liszt & Chopin In Paris who has
conceived and written the story and the Script for Liszt &
Chopin In Paris and is the film’s Director. Mr. Mark has also
recorded and performed the preliminary piano soundtrack and has
also storyboarded the Script to establish the visual base and
imagery of the project (sample below):
Mr. Mark is the Producer of the film in charge of production and
the artistic quality of the project, as well as in preparing the
financial package and business structure of both the investment
part and the production team. As creator and writer of Liszt &
Chopin In Paris he is also the owner of the copyright.
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John Mark, Producer/Director
John Mark has trainining from the best film and music schools in
Europe and in the United States. Aside from his classical music
upbringing and composition studies with Nadia Boulanger at the
Paris Conservatory he has studied at world’s renowned film schools
at Cinecittà in Rome, and at IDHEC (Institut des Hautes Etudes
Cinematographiques - La Fémis, École Nationale Supérieure des
Métiers de l'Image et du Son) in Paris working with such
world-class directors as Antonioni, Truffaut and many legendary
filmmakers.
In 1976 he came to Los Angeles writing screenplays and adapting
his skills and talent to various aspects of film production from
cinematography, editing, sound recording, CGI and film development
and production.
Musicologist and virtuoso pianist himself John Mark is an expert
on the subject of classical music and history of Europe and will
direct the film subject to completion of financing package.
Preparations are already on the way and various production elements
are being implemented and in place at this time.
Recording of state-of-the art instrumental, vocal and orchestral
soundtrack
Preparations of the initial recordings to pre-record various
performances by soloists – piano, organ, violin, cello and vocal
sequences before filming will be done in Cracow, several hours by
car, or train from Berlin at Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre
for Music, as well as at Teldex Sound (Berlin) and at Pinewood
Studios (London/Post-Production).
The recording facilities at Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre
for Music in Cracow are state-of-the-art facilities, and Maestro
Penderecki is one of the world’s most celebrated living composer
credited with writing the score for Stanley Kubrick’s
“Shining”.
Maestro Penderecki’s contemporary music has joined the annals of
European classical music such as “The Threnody for the Victims of
Hiroshima” “St. Luke Passion”, “Anaklasis” and many other famous
works, including operas, symphonies, a variety of instrumental
concertos and choral settings, as well as multitude of chamber and
instrumental works now performed by various orchestras and soloists
all over the world.
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Music recording and rehearsal facilities at Krzysztof Penderecki
European Music Centre in Cracow.
Audio recordings by Lipinski Audio and Royal Fidelity working
with Krzysztof Penderecki on many of their celebrated
recordings.
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Teldex Studio (Berlin) is the hub for recording classical music
in Europe. It is one of the best, state-of-the-art recordings
facilities where various piano sequences will be pre-recorded for
the actors starring in Liszt & Chopin In Paris.
The soundtrack for the film will feature powerful performances
by Liszt, Chopin and their contemporaries against magnificent
visual and dramatic base, a historic motion-picture that is bound
to become an international media event due to high-level of quality
and powerful story telling making tremendous impact on
international audiences in portraying the lives of Franz Liszt and
Frédéric Chopin in 19th century Romantic Age.
Teldex (Berlin)
State-of-the-art pre-recorded Soundrack with binaural sound,
will be presented in Dolby Atmos in 3D on thousands of screens in
major cities featuring exquisite recordings by classical elite,
world-class pianists, vocalists, violinists and organ soloists,
conductors and orchestras are being set up and prepared at this
stage. When combined Teldex Studio Berlin, Europe’s premier
facilities for international classical recordings with Krzysztof
Penderecki European Centre for Music to produce key instrumental
sequences for Liszt & Chopin In Paris film for the actors
portraying various roles and characters the production will result
with one of the best ever soundtracks recorded for film.
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Pinewood Studios (London)
Post-Production facilities at Pinewood (London) e.g. mixing and
syncing as well as editing and visual effects are some of the best
in the world.
Pinewood (London) with branches in Berlin, Rome and Los Angeles,
as well as in Malaysia and Dominican Republic is a turnkey
production studio offering complete state-of-the-art services for
the most demanding productions. Pinewood is responsible for movies
such as James Bond, Batman, Harry Potter, Slumdog Millionaire and
Star Wars.
UK sequences as well as large, logististically demanding scenes
for Liszt & Chopin In Paris will be done at Pinewood in London,
Europe’s most technologically advanced production facility.
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Impact of Liszt & Chopin In Paris on audiences
worldwide:
The IMPACT this film will have on audience worldwide is
enormous.
Because it is such a well-known love story between George Sand
and Frédéric Chopin, two most celebrated characters in history of
Europe and in the history of the world, and because the Romantic
Age is such celebrated epoch in human history on par with
Renaissance audiences around the world will have the opportunity to
relive this great era and experience first-hand how life was then,
how beautiful and noble it was and how it can potentially be
again.
This will be all supplemented by the most powerful concert
presented in surround sound ever in history of cinema performed and
recorded with new new Dolby Atmos standards and shown in cineplexes
around the world.
Even though this is a film for audiences of all ages, our target
audience are music and history fans since this film is entirely
based on true story all over the world that number in hundreds of
millions of viewers.
In Asia alone there are 50 million pianists and every one of
them would love to see this film.
In United States and Europe comparisons can be made to “Gone
With The Wind”, “Titanic” – essentially a love story based on
historical facts due to its subjet matter and “The Sound of Music”
, “Amadeus”, “The Shining” and few others.
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The other market for Liszt & Chopin In Paris which is just
as huge as the Asian market is the European market with 500 million
people in European union with combined 28 countries where classical
music is just ubiquitous as water and air and part of European
daily life.
European market is always the biggest market for US produced
movies anyway, but a film with classical music in it, a big, larger
than life blockbuster presenting the glory and beauty of Europe
with the best music ever composed and recorded will be a special
treat for every European.
Return on Investment/ROI There are five (5) stages in feature
film production.
1.) Development stage 2.) Pre-production stage 3.)
Filming/Cinematography stage/also known as Production stage 4.)
Post-Production Stage 5.) Distribution and P&A stage.
The first, development stage is the longest and the most tedious
phase that generally takes years in the process and many, very
successful films have been in development for 7-10 years, some even
longer.
The reason for this is that it is a long road to secure all the
elements necessary to develop competitive, cutting-edge product to
the point where it would be ready for financing. However, once the
project reaches maturity in development stage it is then ready for
financing with qualified investors.
The Story-Audience-Profit Triangle
Profitability of the film is determined by several factors, the
most important being the Story itself which is the foundation to
any great film along with the right director and talented
actors.
Most films produced today are based on average stories with
average screenplays and that is why they have problems getting
attention and distribution in worldwide market and access to global
audience whose eclectic and highly diversified taste demands
compelling, high-quality story and cutting-edge production.
In a world of social media where everyone has instant access to
everything, a mediocre film with average story and average
execution has no chance for
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distribution with little impact on global audience, and
therefore no chance of high profitability.
Second, most important factor is the producer’s identification
with the audience itself. A strong story is not the only reason for
producing the film even though the story does underline the reason
for producing the film in the first place, but in addition to the
story producers must be convinced that there is a strong audience
for the story and the possibility for global audience
identification with it.
Whether it’s a niche audience, or wide demographic audience
across the board producers must correctly evaluate and understand
the size of the audience for the project, where it is, who are the
people in this audience, and how the story compares to other
similar stories that have been made into films.
Among key factors are a good line-up of recent comparable films
in the genre, comparable budget and cast including detailed revenue
model whenever possible whereby at least a worst case and best-case
scenario is presented in terms of revenues along with other
important criteria described herein.
Identifying the audience for the story and determining at what
costs the film can be made to reach as wide audience as possible,
with the widest age demographic will largely determine the film’s
profitability for investors.
In contrast, investment in “blind” slate, or a group of films
that are not fully understood and without clearly defined criteria
in terms of the story quality and audience identification is not a
good idea.
It is always better to invest in one project that it
well-researched and understood with respect to its market potential
with all necessary production elements thoroughly researched and
prepared having the quality story and audience appeal along with a
working, and appropriate production budget in order to focus on
transitioning those elements into a high-end feature film product
and successfully launching it in the global market.
Third element in terms of profitability and related to both the
story and audience identification is the production budget. What is
the precise budget required that will realistically turn that story
into a compelling film product for that specific audience, and if
so what expected revenues can it materialize?
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The other key factors taken into consideration relating to
success and profitability of the film in addition to great story,
audience identification, and fitting budget along with rigorous
pre-production plan is carefully planned cost control with adequate
risk mitigation measures that translate into balanced overall
financial structure of the film including various tax incentives,
presales, a solid debt and equity structure, as well as the
project’s ability to secure distribution and P&A funds before
its release.
P&A stands for printing and advertising. It is the cost of
promoting the film and the cost of advertising before the film can
to be released to cineplexes and cinemas worldwide with advertising
in all media.
A detailed budget prepared by professional line producer with
detailed financial structure should be made available to investors
beforehand as well as to all members of the production team prior
to commencement of pre-production.
A typical film production on this level requires cooperation of
many people, from many different walks of life such as producers,
bankers, lenders, private financiers, bond companies, talent
agencies, sales agents, the creative talent itself, collection
agencies, entertainment lawyers, film financing advisors,
distributors, theaters, marketers, merchandisers, licensees,
product placement experts, entertainment industry experts,
government personnel, vendors and many others.
For a film to succeed in the global, worldwide market all the
stakeholders need to work hand-in-hand, understand each other’s
priorities, interests and objectives and move in the same
direction. The producer is the liaison between all different
stakeholders, and his team is ultimately responsible of bringing
the film from script to screen.
There are many one-sided opinions describing movie industry as a
jungle fraught with danger, or unpredictable business, but the fact
is that the entertainment industry is like any other business, and
investing in film production albeit risky is as in most high-stakes
a front-loaded business (whereas all the cost is in the first four
phases of production) henceforth for this reason if done right
revenues and profit that occur during distribution can be very
profitable.
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This section analyzes in great detail the hard-boiled reality of
investing in film and how it works for both for the seasoned
investor and private investor unfamiliar with feature film
investment and entertainment industry in general.
Return on investment/ROI in feature film industry works
according to pre-set and established formula. Although, no one can
pinpoint exactly the exact, actual numbers (as in any investment),
if the film has high enough budget making it eligible for worldwide
distribution, small budgets have no chance in getting worldwide
distribution and no ROI, although this is changing with the digital
providers such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and others, and taking into
consideration such commercially oriented, mainstream film has
excellent story and high-quality production team (“movie power”) we
can arrive at pretty good estimates.
Types of Financing
Producers are always in never-ending search for capital. Even
though raising capital is not the producer’s main job, securing the
capital to match his budget is a necessity, and since the invention
of movies more than a century ago Hollywood producers have always
attracted the attention of wealthy individuals who are willing to
invest.
In every film project there are many types of capital being
raised and various forms and stages of financing with each and
every one of them being key factor allowing the project to come to
fruition.
Types of financing during various stages of development and
production:
Seed Money Working capital necessary to put together the
financial package usually brought initially by private investor
before seasoned investors come on board.
Private investor is an individual, often having little direct
connection with the film industry, who invests his/ her own money
in a film.
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Equity Financing
Generally, an equity investor fronting the capital all by
himself will obtain a 20% premium on his capital, an executive
producer fee at closing of the financing and 50% of the net profits
of the film for its entire life.
Bridge Financing Bridge financing is a short-time loan that is
not protected by a completion bond and is utilized when some costs
need to be fronted before the financing of a film “closes.” The
loan is repaid with a premium when the financing of the film
closes.
Bank Financing
Collateralized bank financing requires qualifying tax credits
from a solid institution, as well as pre-licensing agreements with
a reputable sales agent in foreign territories. Once secured these
elements can be financed with a certain discount by a bank at a
reasonable rate.
Gap Financing is the difference between the required budget of
the film and the amount of financing already raised. It is also
called deficit financing representing difference between the
required budget of film and the amount of finance already raised.
In case of pre-sales gap financing is calculated on the basis of
the difference between production finance already raised and the
minimum expected from sales by a reputable sales agent. Gap
financing, also called subordinated debt financing, or mezzanine
financing is usually capped at 20% of the whole budget.
Super Gap Financing Super gap financing are loans that comprise
20-40% of the budget. Super gap bets on completing a higher degree
of future sales and since it is financing a large chunk of the
film’s budget it commands higher interest charges and higher fees
than gap.\
Senior Debt The first is the senior debt, which is typically
provided by a bank or a financial institution. Basically, the bank
will cash flow from 50% to 80% of the presales contracts
receivables and tax incentives from the government.
The senior lender is always looking for receivables: contracts
from bankable sources. These contracts will generally be reassigned
to the bank until the bank is fully refunded.
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The bank will of course require a repayment of its principal and
a reasonable interest charge. No profit, or rights will divert to
the bank as senior lenders.
Mezzanine Debt The second category is mezzanine lender or
subordinate lenders called “gap financiers” because they finance
the missing gap in the financial structure.
The word “mezzanine” refers to the fact that this loan is
situated below the senior debt but higher in priority than equity.
This is a much riskier loan but it also carries a higher yield than
that of senior debt as well a small portion of the back-end
profits.
Essentially, the mezzanine lender is advancing funds towards
international sales estimates or “unsold territories”.
If the senior lender has also financed 80-90 percent of the tax
credits, the subordinated lender often counts the remaining 10-20
percent of those unfinanced tax credits as an additional sum of
collateral.
Because of its inherent risk in financing unsold territories, a
subordinated debt transaction requires a thorough assessment of the
project’s creative merits and a conservative valuation of each
unsold territory.
The additional risk is that if the completed film doesn’t sell
as well as anticipated and if certain presales were difficult to
collect by the bank who provided the senior debt, that bank may
sell other unsold territories for less in order to get its money
back, leaving less revenue for recoupment.
P & A Financing Some investors will be willing to lend money
at a premium -to either distributor or the producer to finance the
P & A budget necessary to release the film.
P&A includes prints and digital copies of the film and the
all-important advertising campaigns to reach the audience and
entice them to go to the movies. This P&A loan will be refunded
in priority from domestic receipts, once the distributor takes his
average 25% to 30% percent distribution fee from the gross rentals
received from theatres.
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Soft Money
Soft monies are sources of funds that producers don’t need to
repay, such as grants, government subsidies, rebates, tax credits,
or co production benefits. Tax incentives are applicable to
preproduction, production or postproduction phases.
Branded Entertainment/Product Placement Finally, another source
of financing is branded entertainment, commonly known as product
integration and as product placement, whereby a producer will
integrate a brand in the storyline of a film for a fee (product
integration ) or use the brand on the screen and will get the
product for free for use during principal photography (product
placement).
Product integration often requires a signed domestic
distribution contract up front with at least 2,000 print or screens
commitment, or more and around $20 million of commitment for
P&A budget, although there are exceptions on case by case basis
whereas a company will advance a fee for integrating their brand
into the storyline during the film’s development and financing
stage, but in either case prior to paying a fee the management will
want to know if the movie will be distributed so that potential
customers will likely see their brand.
Deferments A deferment is very handy in setting up the financing
of a film as it allows for a portion of the sum due to an investor
to only be paid once a certain negotiated threshold is met. The
“back-end” payment postponed in a deferral is an excellent tool
that takes risk into account and allows the budget and the film
itself to make more financial and commercial sense.
Table 1.0 Example of returns and recoupment per type of film
financing.
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Traditionally, hedge funds, private equity funds, pensions
funds, Wall Street firms and high net worth individuals are the
film financiers in large-scale independent production, and “Liszt
& Chopin In Paris” a $75 million dollar budget product
(below-the-line/BTL and above-the-line/ ATL) is such a film.
After 2008 recession investors have become quite diversified
with almost everyone looking for better return on their money.
That’s because despite some downfall in recent years, the film
industry is still a vibrant, recession-proof industry that provides
returns usually uncorrelated to the current state of the
economy.
It is a business that is constantly in the growth mode that is
entirely independent and uncorrelated to the economy, all this
despite the fact that the press routinely predicts the decline of
the movie industry which in fact is not in decline but continuously
growing with the advent of new technologies and new distribution
methods making its products and the business itself truly global
enterprise.
For many investors, investing in film production has become an
attractive alternative to more traditional investments. Indeed, for
independented investors looking to balance their portfolio with an
asset class that does not hinge on the ups and downs of Wall Street
investing in film holds obvious appeal.
Investors who want to diversify their portfolio with an asset
class that is isolated from most systemic risks, investing in
filmed entertainment is very compelling.
Risk can be significantly reduced with proper measures to a
degree where investment in filmed entertainment can potentially out
perform typical performance of any sector with investors have fun
doing it.
In 2012 the global box office receipts for all films released
around the world according to the Motion Picture Association of
America increased by 6% from the previous year reaching $ 34.7
billion, with $37.8 billion in 2013 and $42.3 billion in 2014.
In 2009, in the darkest moments of the Great Recession, the US
& Canada box office established a new record high at $10.6
billion.
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The entertainment industry has been historically less affected
by economic cycles because even today, a good movie still offers
one of the most affordable entertainment options to millions of
people around, costing less than $40 dollars for a family outing of
four.
With respect to raising the capital needed to produce movies and
to sustain their business even studios, also called the majors such
as Disney, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal, Sony and MGM are
constantly looking for capital and for new equity money despite the
fact that they are essentially large, established distribution
organizations with established production facilities, sound stages
and back lots.
Some studios such as Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company called
mini-majors are mainly distributors without owning back lots, or
production stages and they make the bulk of their profit from
distribution charging upwards of 25-30% distribution for their
services.
On top of it out of the world’s nearly 130,000 plus cinema
screens worldwide the movie world switched to digital and went
online.
Per table below, a major, independent film carrying average of
$50 million production budget must bring more than $100 Million US
dollars in domestic box office to reach breakeven point. Further,
because of various stakeholders in the film. A $100 million dollar
mark in box-office returns requires a lot more in revenus to bring
profit to investors in the waterfall scheme of revenues both
domestically and internationally.
Table 2.0 Breakdown of typical independent film at $50 million
budget.
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It is very clear from the revenue structure above that a major
theatrical film with an average budget of $50 million usd must
bring more than $100 Million US dollars in domestic box office to
reach breakeven point and several times its original investment in
order to generate considerable profit (ROI) for investors.
This formula is explained in further detail in the following
pages. What is worth noticing that of all the movies that grossed
over $250 million dollars and more, nearly all those films are
American made movies and that these commercially successfully
movies are produced by elite American filmmakers who follow this
process by the book and so are their investors.
Table 3.0 Here is the list of movies that grossed over $250
million dollars:
This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
Year Released Title Worldwide Box Office 1 2009 Avatar
$2,783,919,005
2 1997 Titanic $2,207,615,686
3 2012 The Avengers $1,514,279,552
4 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
$1,328,111,232
5 2013 Frozen $1,254,512,386
6 2013 Iron Man 3 $1,172,805,920
7 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
$1,141,408,682
8 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon $1,123,794,076
9 2012 Skyfall $1,110,526,992
10 2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction $1,081,139,076
11 2012 The Dark Knight Rises $1,079,343,948
12 2010 Toy Story 3 $1,069,818,229
13 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
$1,060,615,812
14 2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
$1,043,663,875
15 1993 Jurassic Park $1,038,812,599
16 2010 Alice in Wonderland $1,020,020,941
17 2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $1,014,703,584
18 1999 Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace $1,007,044,677
19 2008 The Dark Knight $1,002,891,358
20 2013 Despicable Me 2 $974,758,842
21 2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $974,755,373
22 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
$960,996,492
23 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
$956,399,711
24 1994 The Lion King $952,880,140
25 2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
$951,748,384
26 2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug $950,466,855
27 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
$942,943,935
28 2004 Shrek 2 $937,008,132
29 2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince $935,083,689
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Year Released Title Worldwide Box Office 30 2002 The Lord of the
Rings: The Two Towers $927,048,992
31 2003 Finding Nemo $906,465,562
32 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire $896,911,078
33 2007 Spider-Man 3 $890,875,304
34 2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
$887,217,688
35 2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift $879,765,137
36 2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets $878,979,634
37 2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $859,701,864
38 2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $857,668,047
39 2005 Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith $848,998,892
40 2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $836,519,701
41 2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2
$832,660,037
42 2010 Inception $832,584,416
43 1996 Independence Day $817,400,878
44 2002 Spider-Man $809,942,906
45 2007 Shrek the Third $807,330,936
46 1977 Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope $797,900,000
47 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
$796,688,549
48 1982 ET: The Extra-Terrestrial $792,965,326
49 2013 Fast and Furious 6 $789,952,817
50 2009 2012 $788,408,539
51 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park $786,686,679
52 2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
$786,558,145
53 2004 Spider-Man 2 $783,705,001
54 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy $771,172,112
55 2006 The Da Vinci Code $767,820,465
56 2012 The Amazing Spider-Man $757,890,267
57 2010 Shrek Forever After $756,244,673
58 2014 Maleficent $751,407,328
59 2012 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted $746,921,277
60 2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past $744,321,536
61 2013 Monsters University $743,588,329
62 2003 The Matrix Reloaded $738,576,936
63 2009 Up $731,542,621
64 2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe $720,539,572
65 2013 Gravity $716,392,705
66 2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier $713,846,960
67 2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1
$709,938,660
68 2014 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 $709,505,120
69 2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $708,996,339
70 2007 Transformers $708,272,592
71 2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes $703,545,589
72 2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $699,590,681
73 2011 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol $694,713,231
74 2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon $686,862,580
75 1994 Forrest Gump $679,857,164
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Year Released Title Worldwide Box Office 76 2012 The Hunger
Games $678,773,965
77 1999 The Sixth Sense $672,806,304
78 2013 Man of Steel $667,999,518
79 2014 Interstellar $665,318,944
80 2011 Kung Fu Panda 2 $664,837,547
81 2002 Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones $656,695,615
82 2012 Men in Black 3 $654,213,485
83 2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown $651,899,285
84 2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
$634,954,111
85 2013 Thor: The Dark World $633,360,018
86 2008 Kung Fu Panda $631,910,532
87 2011 Fast Five $629,927,766
88 2007 Ratatouille $626,549,695
89 2008 Hancock $624,234,272
90 2010 Iron Man 2 $623,561,331
91 2004 The Passion of the Christ $622,420,681
92 2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2 $616,102,928
93 2004 The Incredibles $614,726,752
94 2012 Life of Pi $607,987,024
95 2005 War of the Worlds $606,836,535
96 2014 Big Hero 6 $604,811,968
97 2008 Mamma Mia! $602,500,560
98 2008 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa $599,516,844
99 2006 Casino Royale $594,420,283
100 2008 Quantum of Solace $591,692,083
101 1997 Men in Black $587,790,539
102 2010 Tangled $586,581,936
103 2011 The Hangover Part II $586,464,305
104 2007 I am Legend $585,532,684
105 2008 Iron Man $582,443,128
106 2006 Night at the Museum $581,570,293
107 2013 The Croods $573,068,432
108 1983 Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi $572,700,000
109 2011 The Smurfs $563,066,553
110 2011 Cars 2 $560,155,388
111 2001 Monsters, Inc. $559,757,719
112 2005 Madagascar $556,559,566
113 2004 The Day After Tomorrow $556,319,451
114 2012 Ted $556,016,631
115 2011 Puss in Boots $554,987,485
116 2012 Brave $554,606,532
117 1998 Armageddon $554,600,000
118 2005 King Kong $550,517,364
119 2000 Mission: Impossible 2 $549,588,516
120 2010 Despicable Me $543,495,033
121 2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows $535,663,443
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Year Released Title Worldwide Box Office 122 1980 Star Wars Ep.
V: The Empire Strikes Back $534,171,960
123 2008 WALL-E $532,590,994
124 2013 World War Z $531,514,651
125 2015 Fifty Shades of Grey $528,271,042
126 2007 The Simpsons Movie $527,071,022
127 1990 Ghost $517,600,000
128 1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day $516,816,151
129 2004 Meet the Fockers $516,567,584
130 1999 Toy Story 2 $511,358,276
131 2014 Godzilla $508,172,193
132 1992 Aladdin $504,050,219
133 2014 American Sniper $501,215,520
134 2009 Sherlock Holmes $498,438,212
135 1996 Twister $495,900,000
136 2010 How to Train Your Dragon $494,870,992
137 2014 Rio 2 $493,738,435
138 2010 Clash of the Titans $493,214,888
139 2001 Shrek $491,812,794
140 2009 Angels & Demons $490,875,848
141 2013 Oz the Great and Powerful $489,570,996
142 2011 Rio $487,519,809
143 2005 Mr. And Mrs. Smith $486,124,090
144 1998 Saving Private Ryan $485,035,085
145 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles $485,004,754
146 2004 Troy $484,161,265
147 2003 Bruce Almighty $483,473,962
148 2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes $482,860,192
149 1990 Home Alone $476,684,675
150 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory $475,825,484
151 1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade $474,171,806
152 2012 Wreck-It Ralph $473,412,677
153 1975 Jaws $470,700,000
154 2013 Star Trek Into Darkness $466,978,661
155 2009 The Hangover $465,764,086
156 1999 The Matrix $463,517,383
157 2006 Cars $461,651,246
158 2006 X-Men: The Last Stand $459,359,557
159 2014 The Lego Movie $457,729,390
160 1996 Mission: Impossible $457,697,994
161 2000 Gladiator $457,683,808
162 2007 National Treasure: The Book of Secrets $457,325,807
163 2003 The Last Samurai $456,810,576
164 2007 300 $454,161,935
165 1991 Beauty and the Beast $451,421,632
166 2001 Ocean's Eleven $450,728,531
167 2014 Lucy $450,663,600
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Year Released Title Worldwide Box Office 168 2011 Thor
$449,326,618
169 2001 Pearl Harbor $449,239,856
170 1999 Tarzan $448,191,824
171 2009 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
$443,483,213
172 2012 Les Miserables $442,169,058
173 2007 The Bourne Ultimatum $442,161,564
174 2002 Men in Black 2 $441,767,803
175 1993 Mrs. Doubtfire $441,286,003
176 2001 The Mummy Returns $435,040,403
177 2003 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines $433,058,304
178 1990 Pretty Woman $432,645,872
179 2002 Die Another Day $431,942,139
180 2010 The King’s Speech $430,821,175
181 2003 The Matrix Revolutions $427,289,110
182 2000 Cast Away $427,230,518
183 2012 Les Intouchables $426,480,872
184 2012 Django Unchained $425,373,694
185 1990 Dances with Wolves $424,200,000
186 2010 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn
Treader $418,186,952
187 2008 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
$417,341,288
188 2013 The Wolverine $416,456,852
189 1999 The Mummy $416,385,488
190 2008 Sex and the City $415,247,264
191 1988 Rain Man $412,800,000
192 1989 Batman $411,348,924
193 2013 Pacific Rim $411,002,906
194 1992 The Bodyguard $410,900,000
195 2002 Signs $408,265,696
196 2003 X2 $407,711,551
197 2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor $405,760,225
198 2008 Twilight $402,976,680
199 1973 The Exorcist $402,735,134
200 2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
$402,231,070
201 2012 Snow White and the Huntsman $401,011,884
202 2012 Prometheus $399,005,710
203 2010 Tron: Legacy $397,562,768
204 2006 Mission: Impossible III $397,501,348
205 2013 The Wolf of Wall Street $391,976,725
206 1939 Gone with the Wind $390,525,192
207 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves $390,500,000
208 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark $389,925,971
209 1978 Grease $387,513,776
210 2002 Ice Age $386,116,346
211 2009 Star Trek $385,680,446
212 2006 Happy Feet $385,000,320
213 2008 Slumdog Millionaire $384,519,673
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Year Released Title Worldwide Box Office 214 1985 Back to the
Future $383,874,862
215 2007 Live Free or Die Hard $382,288,152
216 2009 Monsters vs. Aliens $381,687,380
217 2012 Taken 2 $377,807,405
218 1998 Godzilla $376,000,000
219 2002 My Big Fat Greek Wedding $374,890,034
220 2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine $374,825,760
221 2006 Superman Returns $374,085,065
222 2011 The Adventures of Tintin $373,993,952
223 2000 What Women Want $372,100,000
224 2013 G.I. Joe: Retaliation $371,923,060
225 2004 Shark Tale $371,917,043
226 2011 Captain America: The First Avenger $370,569,783
227 2014 Gone Girl $368,567,184
228 2007 The Golden Compass $367,262,558
229 2014 Penguins of Madagascar $367,256,792
230 2005 Hitch $366,784,257
231 2001 Jurassic Park III $365,900,000
232 2009 Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins
$365,491,795
233 1994 True Lies $365,300,000
234 1995 Toy Story $364,530,148
235 1995 Die Hard: With a Vengeance $364,480,746
236 2014 Edge of Tomorrow $364,406,256
237 1999 Notting Hill $363,728,228
238 1998 A Bug's Life $363,095,319
239 2009 Fast & Furious $363,064,272
240 2004 Ocean's Twelve $362,989,076
241 2001 Planet of the Apes $362,211,744
242 2013 The Hangover 3 $362,000,072
243 1999 The World is Not Enough $361,730,660
244 2007 Alvin and the Chipmunks $360,578,646
245 1998 There's Something About Mary $360,099,999
246 2005 Batman Begins $359,142,724
247 1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York $358,994,850
248 2002 Minority Report $358,824,714
249 1994 The Flintstones $358,500,000
250 1986 Top Gun $356,800,608
251 1995 Goldeneye $356,429,941
252 1999 American Beauty $356,258,048
253 2014 Noah $356,200,048
254 2000 Dinosaur $356,148,064
255 2011 X-Men: First Class $355,408,305
256 1993 The Fugitive $353,715,317
257 1992 Basic Instinct $352,700,000
258 2010 The Karate Kid $351,774,938
259 2013 Now You See Me $351,723,992
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Year Released Title Worldwide Box Office 260 1994 The Mask
$351,620,129
261 1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit? $351,500,000
262 2002 Catch Me if You Can $351,106,800
263 2013 The Great Gatsby $351,040,419
264 2012 Doctor Seuss' The Lorax $350,976,753
265 2001 Hannibal $350,100,280
266 1998 Deep Impact $349,464,664
267 2004 I, Robot $348,629,585
268 2013 The Smurfs 2 $348,547,523
269 2001 Rush Hour 2 $347,425,834
270 1995 Pocahontas $347,100,000
271 2012 Hotel Transylvania $345,907,371
272 2014 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
$345,320,864
273 2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas $345,141,410
274 2008 Wanted $342,416,460
275 2007 Enchanted $340,384,144
276 2014 The Maze Runner $339,571,416
277 1997 Tomorrow Never Dies $339,504,276
278 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind $337,700,000
279 2011 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked $337,307,392
280 1995 Batman Forever $336,529,144
281 1996 The Rock $336,069,511
282 2006 Over the Hedge $336,002,985
283 1995 Apollo 13 $334,100,000
284 1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom $333,080,271
285 1989 Back to the Future Part II $332,000,000
286 2014 22 Jump Street $331,333,883
287 2004 National Treasure $331,323,416
288 2010 Black Swan $331,266,712
289 2014 300: Rise of an Empire $330,780,051
290 2005 Fantastic Four $330,717,080
291 2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button $329,809,328
292 2000 The Perfect Storm $328,711,434
293 1995 Se7en $328,125,643
294 2008 Bolt $328,015,210
295 1986 Crocodile Dundee $328,000,000
296 2006 The Devil Wears Prada $326,073,159
297 1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame $325,500,000
298 2010 Robin Hood $322,459,006
299 2010 Megamind $321,887,211
300 1993 Schindler's List $321,365,567
301 1987 Fatal Attraction $320,100,000
302 2010 The Last Airbender $319,713,881
303 1992 Lethal Weapon 3 $319,700,000
304 2004 The Polar Express $319,049,664
305 2012 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island $318,146,162
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Year Released Title Worldwide Box Office 306 2013 The Conjuring
$318,000,144
307 2001 A Beautiful Mind $317,668,058
308 2009 Inglourious Basterds $316,971,720
309 1984 Beverly Hills Cop $316,300,000
310 2009 Disney's A Christmas Carol $315,709,697
311 1997 Air Force One $315,268,353
312 2009 The Proposal $314,709,718
313 2010 Prince of Persia: Sands of Time $314,594,601
314 1997 As Good as it Gets $314,111,923
315 2012 The Expendables 2 $311,979,256
316 2007 Ocean's Thirteen $311,744,465
317 2010 Little Fockers $310,650,574
318 1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me $310,332,636
319 1999 Runaway Bride $310,138,178
320 2005 Chicken Little $310,043,830
321 1996 Ransom $308,700,000
322 2002 Chicago $307,687,520
323 2006 The Pursuit of Happyness $307,325,633
324 2012 Rise of the Guardians $306,900,904
325 2009 The Blind Side $305,705,794
326 2012 Battleship $305,220,228
327 2000 Meet the Parents $304,599,899
328 2013 A Good Day to Die Hard $304,249,200
329 1996 101 Dalmatians $304,200,000
330 2014 The Fault in Our Stars $303,572,352
331 1998 Mulan $303,500,000
332 1997 Liar Liar $302,710,615
333 2009 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra $302,469,023
334 2012 Wrath of the Titans $301,970,083
335 1991 Hook $300,854,823
336 1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II $300,400,000
337 1985 Rocky IV $300,373,716
338 1978 Superman $300,200,000
339 2004 Van Helsing $300,150,546
340 2008 Horton Hears a Who $299,477,887
341 2010 Shutter Island $299,461,784
342 1997 My Best Friend's Wedding $298,923,419
343 1999 Stuart Little $298,800,008
344 1989 Look Who's Talking $297,100,000
345 2000 X-Men $296,339,717
346 2010 Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D $295,874,192
347 1984 Ghostbusters $295,212,467
348 2010 Sex and the City 2 $294,680,782
349 1998 Doctor Dolittle $294,156,605
350 2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember $292,738,629
351 1999 The Green Mile $290,701,376
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Year Released Title Worldwide Box Office 352 2010 Salt
$290,650,494
353 2006 The Departed $290,587,304
354 2011 Bridesmaids $289,527,030
355 2015 Taken 3 $289,478,192
356 1988 Coming to America $288,800,000
357 2000 What Lies Beneath $288,693,989
358 2004 The Bourne Supremacy $288,587,456
359 2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
$288,215,319
360 2013 Oblivion $287,913,162
361 2007 Bee Movie $287,594,580
362 2009 G-Force $287,389,685
363 2013 Turbo $286,896,578
364 2001 American Pie 2 $286,500,000
365 2014 Divergent $286,347,895
366 1965 The Sound of Music $286,214,286
367 2013 Elysium $286,192,094
368 1998 Lethal Weapon 4 $285,400,000
369 2005 The Wedding Crashers $283,218,368
370 1994 Speed $283,200,000
371 2012 John Carter $282,778,101
372 1977 Saturday Night Fever $282,400,000
373 1995 Casper $282,300,000
374 2001 Bridget Jones's Diary $281,527,162
375 2012 The Bourne Legacy $280,354,828
376 1998 Shakespeare in Love $279,500,000
377 2010 The Tourist $278,731,372
378 2000 Scary Movie $277,200,005
379 1987 Beverly Hills Cop II $276,665,036
380 2002 Scooby-Doo $276,294,164
381 1991 The Silence of the Lambs $275,726,716
382 2002 Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi $274,949,886
383 2008 Gran Torino $274,543,085
384 2008 High School Musical 3: Senior Year $274,392,880
385 2013 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 $274,392,650
386 1996 Jerry Maguire $274,000,000
387 1996 The Nutty Professor $273,814,019
388 2012 Lincoln $273,346,281
389 2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider $273,330,186
390 2003 Bad Boys II $272,940,870
391 2010 Grown Ups $272,223,430
392 2009 The Princess and the Frog $270,997,378
393 2014 Neighbors $270,590,572
394 1993 The Firm $270,340,892
395 2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman $269,806,432
396 2008 10,000 B.C. $269,065,678
397 1972 The Godfather $268,500,000
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Year Released Title Worldwide Box Office 398 2014 Exodus: Gods
and Kings $268,314,512
399 2010 The Expendables $268,268,178
400 1942 Bambi $268,000,000
401 2007 American Gangster $267,985,459
402 2013 We're the Millers $267,816,276
403 2002 xXx $267,200,000
404 1992 Batman Returns $266,824,291
405 2003 Something's Gotta Give $266,685,242
406 1993 Indecent Proposal $266,600,000
407 2013 Epic $264,987,147
408 1995 Waterworld $264,246,220
409 1997 The Fifth Element $263,900,000
410 2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason $263,894,551
411 2011 Real Steel $263,880,344
412 2008 The Incredible Hulk $263,417,913
413 1995 Jumanji $262,758,310
414 2006 Borat $261,443,244
415 1990 Total Recall $261,400,000
416 2005 Robots $260,700,016
417 2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
$260,549,824
418 2013 The Lone Ranger $259,989,912
419 2000 Charlie's Angels $259,736,090
420 2010 Knight and Day $258,751,370
421 1985 Out of Africa $258,210,860
422 2011 Super 8 $257,972,745
423 1997 The Full Monty $257,938,649
424 2000 Erin Brockovich $257,805,246
425 2004 The Village $257,641,634
426 2007 Rush Hour 3 $256,585,882
427 1997 Bean $256,574,128
428 1993 Cliffhanger $255,000,000
429 2007 Wild Hogs $253,013,584
430 2010 True Grit $252,276,928
431 2009 Michael Jackson's This Is It $252,091,016
432 2013 After Earth $251,499,665
433 2015 Kingsman: The Secret Service $251,241,688
434 1998 You've Got Mail $250,800,000
435 1997 Hercules $250,700,000
436 2014 Annabelle $250,673,816
437 1998 Enemy of the State $250,649,836
438 2003 Brother Bear $250,397,801
439 1996 Space Jam $250,200,000
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“Waterfall” Recoupment
To really understand what “waterfall” means, one has to look at
both, domestic and international sales recoupment schedule for a
waterfall.
Investors unfamiliar with film industry and the way distribution
and its revenue revenue distribution model works are not aware that
before anything is disbursed first revenues are absorbed into
various stakeholders before the actual investors can ever see their
first dollar.
However, this is not necessarily a bad thing because if the
movie is successful and this as described earlier depends first and
foremost on the quality of the story and artistic and production
value of the film as it costs exactly the same amount of money
making a bad film as in it is producing all time box-office hit,
and after all the costs are deducted its smooth sailing for
investors afterwards as successful mainstream films will generate
considerable revenue streams for years to come.
The formula works as follows:
Assuming the film reaches 1 Billion usd in worldwide
distribution: A. 1/2 of Gross Receipts goes to exhibitors - $500
million usd.B. From the remaining $500 million costs of production
and P&A are
deducted for example in this case $100 mill usd leaving $400
mil. toinvestors.
C. 25%-30% distribution cost is deducted by distribution leaving
$280million.
D. 25% of $280 million amounts $70 mil. usd which is the ROI
that is paidto investors with 25% equity, or equivalent.
All U.S. distributed movies follow the same formula while
corresponding equity/loan ratios are convertible and negotiated on
individual basis.
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Table 4.0 Domestic box-office revenue chart.
What investors are not told is that most trade publication that
publish domestic and worldwide box-office earnings, per above do
not disclose the fact that a film that hypotheticially generates
$100 million dollars at the box-office with the production budget
of $50 million is not actually profitable, and that is not because
of bad accounting practices or cheating. A production company of
reputable filmmakers working with major studios that are public
companies do not engage in bad accounting practices, or
misappropriation of funds cheating investors out of their money or
profits, although occasionally there were such incidents in the
past and still are as in any business and the entertainment
industry is no exception to such hazards. It is because the
published box-office numbers omit the cost of P&A which usually
is the double the cost, and sometimes triple the amount of the
actual production budget, and it is the cost of the advertising and
marketing expenses that is immediately deducted by the distributor
soon after theater exhibitors, the movie theaters and multiplexes
take their 50% stake from the revenues. With the cost of P&A
triple the amount of the budget, the production cost itself
deducted from 50% of revenues with the other 50% going to theater
chains referred to as “theatrical rentals” it is easy to do the
numbers. What gets complicated is that after the film is picked up
for distribution and gets theatrical release different stakeholders
such as sales agents, senior lenders, mezzanine lenders, gap
financiers, bond companies and other stakeholders collect their
contractual stake before the investors see their ROI.
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This structure is explained and described in detail in the
inter-party agreement during the financing phase clearly describing
all the contractual agreements between the producer and various
stakeholders and investors should always ask for and thoroughly
review such inter-part agreement describing relationship between
various financing parties and stakeholders in the film that
precisely describes the recoupment schedule (“waterfall”) for
investors. After the film is released, distribution company
(whether major studio or independent distributor) will deduct its
distribution fee of anywhere between 20-35% for theatrical rentals
and then deduct the cost of P&A which is repaid from the first
dollars, including all costs of advertising before and during the
release of the film and for the various copies of the film prints
delivered, digital or analog that made to varioustheater chains and
exhibitors. This cost is never described and/or included in the
film’s budget, or in tabulated box office receipts, but without
P&A money there is no theatrical distribution. After this
process is completed the producer, and the equity investors will
start receiving their money soon after all production costs are
offset, after the distribution fee and the P&A loans are
recouped, and while the entire package represents 50% of published
box-office receipts from which all the costs above are deducted
waterfall disbursement can begin and