The Movie Business Book, Third Edition
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The Movie Business Book, Third Edition

  1. 576 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Movie Business Book, Third Edition

About this book

Drawing from a variety of experts in an industry that has seen major technological advances since the second edition, The Movie Business Book, Third Edition, offers the most comprehensive, authoritative overview of this fascinating, global business. A must-read for industry newcomers, film students and movie buffs, this new edition features key movers and shakers, such as Tom Rothman, chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment; Michael Grillo, head of Feature Film Production at DreamWorks SKG; Sydney Pollack; Mel Brooks; and many others. A definitive sourcebook, it covers nuts-and-bolts details about financing, revenue streams, marketing, DVDs, globalization, the Internet and new technologies. All of this -- and more -- is detailed in this new edition of the classic Movie Business Book.

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Index

ABC
actors:
business managers andcompensationextrasillness/accidentsand legal concernsand packagingprofit participationrehearsalsScreen Actors Guild (SAG)screen testsand screenwritersstar, use of only onestars, use of for selling moviesstars and independent moviesstars and television moviesstudio management ofand talent agentstraining in special skills
Adaptation
Adventures in the Screen Trade (Goldman)
advertising:
creation of materialsfor independent moviesfor movie book tie-insin other mediain print mediafor promotional tie-insreach vs. frequencytelevisionfor theatrical exhibitionusing market researchWeb sites/e-mail
See also marketing; word of mouth marketing
Aft, Rob
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Air Force One
airlines, movies on
Aladdin
All the President’s Men
Altman, Robert
Always
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Amazon.com
American Beauty
American Film Market (AFM)
animated movies
Antioco, John
Apollo
Arkoff, Sam
Artisan
aspect ratios
Atkinson, George
audiences
for previews
August, John
Babenco, Hector
Barry, Ray
Barrymore, Drew
Batman Returns
Battlefield Earth
Beautiful Mind, A
Beauty and the Beast
Benjamin, Robert
Berlin International Film Festival
Berney, Bob
Best Buy
Best in Show
Billy Jack
Blair Witch Project, The
Blay, Andre
Blazing Saddles
Blockbuster
Blume, Steven E.
book-publishing rights
publishing deals on novelization of movies
box office grosses:
division offailure ofmost successful moviesopening weekendtracking
Boyle, Barbara
Boys Don’t Cry
branding in movie business
Braveheart
Bravo cable network
breakdown board/she...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Colophon
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Dedication
  8. Thank-Yous
  9. Preface
  10. Introduction
  11. I. The Creators
  12. II. The Property
  13. III. The Money
  14. IV. The Management
  15. V. The Deal
  16. VI. Production
  17. VII. Marketing
  18. VIII. The Revenue Streams
  19. IX. Theatrical Distribution
  20. X. Theatrical Exhibition
  21. XI. Home Video
  22. XII. Consumer Products
  23. XIII. International
  24. XIV. The Future
  25. Index
  26. About the Editor