Who decides to show a film in the cinema or not?

Answer 1

The production company decides to sell it to cinemas, then they sell it on to cinemas individually. Mainly they aim for cinema corporations; such as Showcase Cinemas or ODEON.

The earlier it comes out the more a cinema has to pay if they order it.

The longer they wait for the film to purchase, the less the cinema will have to pay if the decide to buy it.

A cinema can decide to show it at ANY TIME - it all has to do with accounting and contracts. Thats why when you go to the cinemas they always want to show it first with advanced screenings. BUT there are hefty amounts of rules they have to follow. One of them is to not sell it on to other cinemas. They have to get permission from the production company or show it.

E.g. The film titanic - they can show that at ANY time if they still have it.

I hope that explains it and you understood well.

Answer 2

It's quite complex, there's a whole chain of decisions that can affect a movies chance of getting seen. Assuming the director, cast and producers are happy with the finished product, it's up to the studio to decide when, and whether the movies released. A studio will base this on commercial interests, a studio is not going to release a film when there's a lot of summer block busters being released if the movie is weak.

The movie is then sent (in the UK, and Ireland) to the Censor (in the UK they like to be called "Classifiers", but anyone who decides what I can watch without my consent, is a bloody Censor!)
The Censor decides, based on the content, what age group (if any) the movie would be suitable for. Or, what changes need to be made to make it acceptable.

Provided it passes the Censor, a local authority/council can ban the movie if they deem fit (in the Welsh town of Aberystwyth, "The life of Brian" is still banned from cinematic release by the local authority.)

The final decision is the Managers, however a manager in one of the multiplex chains is less likely to refuse based on personal initiative(he'd probably be sacked)

Answer 3

Before a film gets to the cinema it has to pass through the people at the Board Of Film Classification.

Answer 4

Assumed that all involved in making the film(producers, director, actors, etc.) want the film released, the type of distribution is up to the studio(distributors) where and when they want to release it.

They decide the number of prints and screens on the film's potential box office. Although it is not uncommon for a studio to bury a movie if they have a personal problem with someone involved in the film.

Finally it is up to the Censor Board of a given country if they will release a film based on content.

Answer 5

The manager has the final say but the corporation usually selects the movies to be shown. They have the movie canister delivered but if for some reason the manager objects, they aren't shown. (I worked at one place where the manager had no idea how the audience acts while viewing Rocky Horror, and after one showing, declared it would not be shown again.)

Answer 6

The producers.

Answer 7

well who ever dose sometimes chose crap films