Film Rentals
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| In one sentence | The portion of box office ticket money that a movie theater actually pays over to the movie's distributor. |
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| Category | Film and Television |
| Related | Box Office Receipts, Exhibitor, Distributor |
Imagine a school renting out chairs for a fair, and afterward paying the chair rental company a portion of the money made from selling seats. The chair company does not get every dollar collected at the door, just its agreed share.
Film rentals work the same way in the movie business. They are the portion of Box Office Receipts that a theatrical Exhibitor actually pays over to the Distributor, after the theater keeps its own share of the ticket money.
Fun facts
- Film rentals are usually smaller than the full box office total, since the theater keeps a real cut for itself before passing along the rest.
- Film rentals are exactly the number used to calculate theatrical earnings under an At-Source contract rule.
- The word "rental" here has nothing to do with renting a movie at home, it refers to the theater's payment to the distributor for the right to show the film.