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Mar 16, 2023 · In the most recent year’s data set, 48 percent of the films that did not break even/make money also had actors in the greater than 10,000 on the STARmeter. However, from a profit standpoint, unless you can cast one of the 100 most famous actors in the world, you are probably better off casting largely unknown actors.
Mar 24, 2023 · Mar 24, 2023. The annual global revenue of the ten highest grossing independent movies has been fluctuating over the past decade. After reaching its lowest value yet in 2020, independents...
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Box office revenue of the most successful indie movies worldwide 2023. Ranking of highest grossing independent movies worldwide as of October 2023 (in million U.S. dollars)
- How Many Independent Films Recoup Their Investment?
- How Do Independent Films Compare to Films from Hollywood Studios?
- What Types of Independent Films Make Money?
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The level of specificity we can bring to this question depends on how narrow we make our inclusion criteria. If we want to know about all films ever made then a large degree of modelling and projection is required, whereas picking a single movie lets us get to a much more specific answer. Let’s focus on films made in the United States, as we can th...
Let’s take a closer look at the profitability rates of those released in cinemas. In that select group, we can be confident that just under a third were profitable, almost 60% did not recoup their costs and the rest sit somewhere in the middle. Unsurprisingly, Studio films have a much better rate of profitability. And yet, with all their money, pow...
Finally, let’s sub-divide this group again, this time by genre. Independent horror films which reached cinemas ever-so-slightly outperform Hollywood movies in profitability, although still with just under 50% breaking even. The poorest performing genres are sports movies and historical films with recoupment rates of around 16% and 20% respectively.
These are just the headlines of a huge research project I have been conducting. The truth is that there is a lot filmmakers can do to increase their chances of reaching profitability, and there are signals investors can spot to help them maximise their chance of recouping. It’s not as simple as a five-point plan (otherwise I’d have included it here...
In the meantime, here are some past research projects which can continue the journey right now: 1. How movies make money: $100m+ Hollywood blockbusters 2. How films make money pt2: $30m-$100m movies 3. How is a cinema’s box office income distributed? 4. There’s much more about horror films in my 200+ page Horror Report 5. What types of low-budget f...
The data in today’s article covers live-action fiction films (i.e. not documentaries or animations) which were first released to the public between 1st January 1999 and 31st December 2018. The raw data came from a large number of sources, mostly public but a few from industry friends. I’m very grateful to everyone who has helped me with this, wheth...
My research into the film industry has never really been guided. I’ve investigated topics as they’ve occurred to me, as they’ve been requested by readers and as I learned new methods of data gathering and crunching Over the past couple of years, however, I have started to feel that my research is building towards a bigger project: to zoom out and a...
May 4, 2015 · Totalling the costs. If we add up all of the costs of making the film (£825,222) with the rough costs of the UK release (£35,000) then we can see that the film cost Marcus approximately £860,000. With income to date of £399,055, this means that the film is currently at a loss of around £460,000.
May 21, 2021 · Promising Young Woman: a pandemic indie release in numbers. All alone: watching new releases has gone from being primarily a communal experience to one that can be enjoyed at home. $10m ...
