Movie money : understanding Hollywood's (creative) accounting practices /

"'Movie Money' unravels, demystifies, and clearly explains the film industry's unique, arcane, 'creative' accounting practices. It examines a film's various revenue-generating and revenue-consuming components and presents numerous film-industry definitions of '...

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Main Authors: Daniels, Bill, 1956- (Author), Leedy, David (Author), Sills, Steven D. (Author), Klass, Peter, 1977- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : Silman-James Press, [2020]
Edition:3rd edition,
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Summary:"'Movie Money' unravels, demystifies, and clearly explains the film industry's unique, arcane, 'creative' accounting practices. It examines a film's various revenue-generating and revenue-consuming components and presents numerous film-industry definitions of 'gross' and 'net' profits and the many ways these figures are calculated. It also provides in-depth discussions of profit participations, audits, and contract negotiating. NEW to this third edition, in addition to a complete update of all current industry practices, is a lengthy chapter on new media and how it is changing the all aspects of the film/TV/video financial landscape. Also new to this edition os a section that discusses the financial aspects of doing film industry business (producing, distributing, etc.) in China"--
Item Description:"Glossary": pages 272-277.
Physical Description:xxv, 292 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781935247227
1935247220