THE BUSINESS OF ENTERTAINMENT: UNFILTERED
Randy GreenbergHelping entertainment executives, investors, studios, streamers, creators and anyone interested in entertainment understand the business forces shaping Hollywood and what needs to be changed for the industry to survive and thrive
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THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF STORYTELLING HAS BEGUN
Factory owners don't pay for the material. Platforms filter for free. Production is the final monetization step - not the 1st bet. Hollywood built a century of gatekeepers. Vertical built a bypass.
The Industrialization of Storytelling doe...
THE PROFESSOR'S TAKE: THE $50 OPENING NIGHT MOVIE TICKET.
Hollywood Should Be Afraid.
You know the seat. Dead center, two to four rows from the back depending on the auditorium. The sound mix lands right. The screen fills your field of vision and you face it straight on. It is the seat the direct...
THE OVERALL AND FIRST LOOK FILM & TV PRODUCERS DEAL REPORT: 902 TO 556
The Old Numbers Everyone Remembers
For three decades, Variety’s Facts on Pacts counted film producer first-look and overall deals at the major studios. The series anchored the industry’s understanding of how the producer-development econom...
PROFESSOR'S TAKE: EUROPEAN CAPITAL BUILDS A NEW INDIE LANE.
Four slate-equity pacts built a new indie lane in six weeks. A separate four-tier sort showed the $20M-$80M packaged-prestige business breaking with no equivalent capital filling the hole.
Two structural shifts revealed themselves in the i...
TWO FILMS, $1.39 BILLION REVENUE, AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE STRATEGY WORKS BETTER THAN THE STRATEGY
As of May 24th, Michael had grossed $788 million worldwide and The Devil Wears Prada 2 had reached $608 million, both per Box Office Mojo. Two films, $1.39 billion combined, in roughly four weeks and three weeks respectively. One is a Lions...
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