Negative cost
Negative costis the net expense toproduce and shootafilm,excluding such expenditures asdistributionandpromotion.[1]
Low-budget movies, for exampleThe Blair Witch Project,can have promotional expenses that are much larger than the negative cost.[2]
The term comes from the costs up to the production of the finalnegative.
References
[edit]- ^Barnes & Noble Glossaryhttp://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/glossary.asp?z=y<R=N&TRM=1007105Retrieved2007-02-12Archived2009-07-31 at theWayback Machine
- ^IMDb Explanation for differences in reported budgethttps://www.imdb.com/help/show_leaf?boxofficedifferentRetrieved2007-02-12Archived2016-03-07 at theWayback Machine
External links
[edit]- 'We call it martian accounting',Gary Susman,The Guardian,31 August 2001
- IMDb Glossary - NArchived2017-11-09 at theWayback Machine
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