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Article: French distribution costs probed: study shows market polarising between blockbusters and the rest.(Focus)
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- Screen Digest
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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* The average distribution cost of a French film was 720,000 [euro] in 2006, released on 191 prints
* Fantasy films had highest release costs and widest print runs, but comedies dominated print numbers
* On average in 2006, 12.8 per cent of a French film's final cost of 5.8m [euro] was spent on distribution
Average distribution costs of French films rose by 12.1 per cent between 2004 and 2006, settling at 720,000 [euro] per film in 2006, with publicity materials in particular rising over 50 per cent in that time span. The most money is spent on advertising (43.8 per cent) and ...