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Clearly, nothing has changed since Art Buchwald successfully sued Paramount over the 1988 hit Coming to Americawhen the subject of net participation was scrutinized, and a judge called studio accounting methods “unconscionable”. Listen to your favorite songs from The Complete Harry Potter Film Music Collection by The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Now. It’s an illusion to make writers, and lower-level actors and filmmakers feel they have a stake in the game.”Īnd yet Warner Bros isn’t doing anything differently here than is done by every other studio. Since Warner Bros didn’t invite in a co-financing partner on the Potter films, has the studio borrowed money from parent company coffers? Are they paying that interest to a bank, or to themselves? Bottom line: nearly $60 million in interest for the estimated $400 million required to make and market Harry Potter, charges carried for about two years, is a high tariff.Īs one dealmaker tells me: “If this is the fair definition of net profits, why do we continue to pretend and go through this charade? Judging by this, no movie is ever, ever going to go to pay off on net participants.

Rowling, released on 11 July, 2007 in the U.S. They also cited the $57 million in interest charges, an enormous pushback on profitablity. High resolution official theatrical movie poster (2 of 10) for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). The Rebellion BeginsOfficial tagline Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a British-American fantasy film based on the fifth novel by J. Dealmakers say studio distribution fees are a killer, as are incestuous ad spends on studios’ sister company networks.

I ran the data above by several attorneys and agents, who are so accustomed to seeing studio accounting wave magic pencils over hit movies that they weren’t surprised even a Harry Potter film that grossed nearly $1 billion would fall under the spell.

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