Say it's a really good movie how would it get shown in a multiplex cinema
2006-10-12 02:48:14 · 9 answers · asked by robertajbenson 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Film festivals. They can pick up distributors then.
2006-10-12 02:57:18 · answer #1 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is what film festivals are for. Independent films (aka: low budget films) are displayed at film festivals. There many film companies look through them all until they find one or several they'd like to pick up. Once they find a film they like, it takes about 4-10 months for the film to actually make it to a theater. Depending on what the film distributor expects, will determine where the film will be playing. Sometimes they take the 'select cities' option. Only playing the movie in a few cities, with the chance of getting a lower gross. (Between $100,000 - $2,000,000). If the film is sucessful, then it may be opened into wide release a few weeks on a month later.
For low-budget Horror/Slasher films like Saw, Halloween, The Descent, they all open in wide release because they know they'll get a big profit. I know a $75,000,000-$90,000,000 gross doesn't seem good, but it is when you have a small $1,000,000 - $10,000,000 production budget.
So you can always look forward to more and more Horror/Slasher films... At least until they get several of them to become flops.
2006-10-12 03:01:58 · answer #2 · answered by Winter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would have to get the critics on side and maybe use the internet to try and whip up enthusiasm about the movie, get people talking about it.
But it would have to be a fantastic film to get so widely distributed without spending more than the cosat of the film on advertising..
2006-10-12 02:57:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Film festivals! Distributors swarm (and sometimes swoon) at festivals, especially the big ones (like Cannes, Toronto, Venice, New York).
Personally, I'd recommend submitting to smaller festivals and work your way up to the big ones. Of course, when you submit a film to a major festival, all they can say is yes or no.
2006-10-12 03:59:48 · answer #4 · answered by bobbyoshea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's really good it should be entered in all local film festivals. The international film festivals are huge low budget affairs. Most of the category winners are then premiered in the cinemas
2006-10-12 02:58:41 · answer #5 · answered by specs appeal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This what happens when you see movies get "wide release". They run in just a few venues in big cities like new york until they generate enough revenue to pay for wider distribution.
2006-10-12 03:23:58 · answer #6 · answered by Fire_God_69 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
two options lie your **** of about it being far greater than it is e.g. the blair witch project
or put it to film festivals until some one who nows how to make it big sees it and loves it eg the full monty
2006-10-12 03:01:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
distribution costs are included in the budget
2006-10-12 02:57:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they probably spend one million of it advertising
2006-10-15 12:32:24 · answer #9 · answered by getmeout2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋