Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Payment for Theare Rental

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Posted by Bill Enos (Member # 440) on 01-29-2004, 09:20 AM:

After you do a pre-release screening or something similar for a major studio or its agency, how long after you submit the correctly done paper work does it typically take to receive the check?

Posted by Bill Gabel (Member # 1105) on 01-29-2004, 10:00 AM:

It depends on the studio. It can take 30-90 days and thats with them having all their [bs]

together. In Los Angeles, if you were assigned to a premiere or special screening as projectionist. The average time to get paid by the studio was 60-90 days. I did a screening for HBO in LA, it took 11 months to get paid. The person in charge had been transfered and the paper got lost. I was on the payroll for Warner Bros. at the time, but I had to do all the paperwork to get on HBO's payroll. I got the turn around time on payment for Disney down from 90 days to 14 days for projectionists.

Good Luck

Posted by Aaron Sisemore (Member # 145) on 01-29-2004, 11:57 AM:

Universal refused to pay me the $918 they owed me for services relating to a screening 7 years ago- Our main office stepped in and got Universal to pay me. I believe it took about 3 weeks from the time I submitted the invoice to the time I received the check.

American Zoetrope handed me a check right on the spot as soon as the film tailed out about a year or so later for another screening.

-Aaron