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Posted by Taimur Butt (Member # 1429) on 09-14-2002, 06:14 AM:
Hi,
Im Taimur from Karachi, Pakistan. Im planning on opening a multiple screen theatre in Karachi,Pakistan, and as I am currently in the process of working out the feasibility of the project, I am wonering what the average cost of obatining dispaying rights for a brand new release from the top film production companies is in general. Can someone please help?
Thanks,
Taimur
Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 09-14-2002, 09:16 AM:
In the West, that isn't normally done by individual theatre owners. There are a number of companies known as distributors (or renters), which licence films from the studios which produced them and then sub-licence them to theatres. Normally the distributor will provide the print (35mm copy of a film) and publicity materials (posters, trailers, that sort of thing). In return, the theatre will pay the distributor a set proportion of the money it charges from customers (in the UK, 35% is around the norm for a mainstream American or British film).Do film distribution companies exist in Pakistan? If so, have you tried talking to any of them?
Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 09-14-2002, 09:52 AM:
In your market film distributors exist but in many situations the film distributors also have an interest in cinema properties. What other cinemas are now operating in your market and what type of film product ( action, musical, U.S., other foriegn ) are they specializing in?
Richard Fowler
TVP-Theatre & Video Products Inc. www.tvpmiami.com
Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 09-16-2002, 08:47 AM:
Here is a link to the Film Journal International Distribution Guide, listing contact information for distribution worldwide:
http://www.filmjournal.com/applications/guides/alpha.cfm?PageID=11111130 International Distribution Guide
The International Distribution and Subdistribution Guide, which supplements the regular monthly Buying and Booking Guide, is designed to furnish ready reference information on the who, what, where and how of theatrical sales. It lists in comprehensive detail the names, addresses, personnel, telephone numbers and product of domestic and international distributors, both major and independent, along with similar information on regional exchanges and exchanges and subdistributors, together with national companies they handle.
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