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Film distribution, also called film exhibition or film distribution and exhibition, is the process of making a film available for viewing to an audience. This is normally the task of a professional film distributor, who would determine the marketing and release strategy for the film, the media by which a film is to be exhibited or made available for viewing and other matters.
The most common is the aggregate deal where total box office revenue that a given film generates is split by a pre-determined mutually-agreed percentage between distributor and movie theater. The other method is the sliding scale deal, where the percentage of box office revenue taken by theaters declines each week of a given film's run. [4]
Four-wall distribution is termed after the four walls of a movie theater. [2] In this process, a film company spends at least one or two weekends renting a movie theater from the facility's owner for a flat fee. [3] [4] The company receives all of the box office revenue, while the theater keeps sales from popcorn and concessions.
Star Distribution; Warner Bros. Sony Pictures [1] Fox Distribution Company; United International Pictures; Argentina Sono Film; Artistas Unidos; Cinema International Corporation; Columbia Pictures of Argentina; Lumiton; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Paramount Pictures; RKO Radio Pictures de Argentina; Universal Films Argentina; Warner-Columbia Films
While studios typically distribute movies to theaters, AMC is acting as the Eras Tour film distributor in what it called “the inaugural step of a new line of business for AMC Entertainment.”
In addition to the equipment already found in a film-based movie theatre (e.g., a sound reinforcement system, screen, etc.), a DCI-compliant digital cinema requires a DCI-compliant [32] digital projector and a powerful computer known as a server. Movies are supplied to the theatre as a set of digital files called a Digital Cinema Package (DCP ...
Avoiding long lines in movie theaters (especially on a Saturday night) is key. With "Ocean's 8" star-studded cast and "Solo: A Star Wars Story" breaking records for skyrocketing ticket sales ...
Limited theatrical release is a film distribution strategy of releasing a new film in a few theaters across a country, typically art house theaters in major metropolitan markets. Since 1994, a limited theatrical release in the United States and Canada has been defined by Nielsen EDI as a film released in fewer than 600 theaters. [1] [2]