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1.       Production

2.       Distribution

3.       Exhibition

·         Trade body supporting, promoting, representing the range of generic interests of UK theatrical film distribution

·         President Lord Puttnam CBE

·         FDA established 1915

·         Today 22 member companies whose releases account for 96% of UK cinema going

Film distributors deliver the audience 

Filmmakers             Distributors             Cinemas

                                  Audiences

A day in the life of a film distributor

Acquisition

·         Slates or single films from a parent studio or independently VIA a sales agent or production company

Strategy

·         Plan the release-key decisions include when for and how where promoted

Creativity

·         Implement the release-advertising,publicty,premiere,online content, masking & supplying 35mm and/or digital prints by film

Accountability

·         Acting under license, report back to rights holders

The film value chain

·         Theatrical launch

·         Non-theatrical license (hotels,coaches,schools,clubs)

·         Home entertainment (DVD/Blu-Ray, downloads)

·         Licensed merchandising

·         NB: single largest threat is film theft(approx. £100m loss to the UK theatrical sector P.A =up to 20m tickets

UK theatrical market 2008

·         531 films released-product-UD, highly competitive and risky

·         164.2m admissions-2.7 per capita

·         £854m box-office-world top 5

·         Economic multiplier: for every £1 spent on cinema tickets, an additional £2 is spent on related items

·         Theatrical distributors invest £300m + P.A to launch and sustain their releases (P&A)

·         4+ films per week released with digital ST+AD

·         Uk DVD market: 2.5 bn

Step Up 3D

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$42,400,223	26.6%
+ Foreign:	$116,891,586	73.4%
= Worldwide:	$159,291,809

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$15,812,311
(#3 rank, 2,435 theaters, $6,494 average)
% of Total Gross:	37.3%
> View All 13 Weekends

Widest Release:

2,439 theaters

Close Date:

November 4, 2010

In Release:

91 days / 13 weeks

 http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=stepup3d.htm 

Billy Elliot

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$21,995,263	20.1%
+ Foreign:	$87,285,000	79.9%
= Worldwide:	$109,280,263

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$215,681
(#27 rank, 10 theaters, $21,568 average)
% of Total Gross:	1.0%
> View All 28 Weekends

Widest Release:

510 theaters http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=billyelliot.htm

Flashdance

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:

$92,921,203

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$4,076,124
(#2 rank, 1,140 theaters, $3,575 average)
% of Total Gross:	4.4%
> View All 27 Weekends

Widest Release:

1,140 theaters

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=flashdance.htm

Honey

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$30,308,417	48.7%
+ Foreign:	$31,919,978	51.3%
= Worldwide:	$62,228,395

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$12,856,040
(#2 rank, 1,942 theaters, $6,620 average)
% of Total Gross:	42.4%
> View All 12 Weekends

Widest Release:

1,972 theaters

Close Date:

February 26, 2004

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=honey.htm

Take The Lead

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$34,742,066	52.8%
+ Foreign:	$31,000,463	47.2%
= Worldwide:	$65,742,529

Domestic Summary

Opening Weekend:	$12,051,277
(#3 rank, 3,009 theaters, $4,005 average)
% of Total Gross:	34.7%
> View All 8 Weekends

Widest Release:

3,009 theaters

Close Date:

June 1, 2006

In Release:

56 days / 8 weeks

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=takethelead.htm

Saturday Night Fever

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$94,213,184	39.7%
+ Foreign:	$142,900,000	60.3%
= Worldwide:	$237,113,184

Domestic Summary

Release Dates:

December 16, 1977 (limited)  N/A (wide)

Limited Opening Weekend:	$3,878,099
(#2 rank, 504 theaters, $7,694 average)

Wide Opening Weekend:	$2,538,000
(#1 rank, 726 theaters, $3,495 average)
% of Total Gross:	2.7%
> View All 3 Weekends

Widest Release:

726 theaters

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=saturdaynightfever.htm