Output Deal
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| In one sentence | A contract requiring one company to acquire every single movie another company produces, sight unseen. |
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| Category | Film and Television |
| Related | Distributor, Distribution Rights |
Imagine agreeing, ahead of time, to buy literally every book a specific author ever writes from now on, without even reading them first, simply because you trust their work.
An output deal works the same way for movies. It requires one party, often a streaming service or Distributor, to acquire all the films a particular studio or production company produces, rather than evaluating and buying each movie one at a time.
Fun facts
- Output deals give the producing studio a lot of certainty, since every movie they make is already guaranteed a home before it is even finished.
- The buyer in an output deal is making a bet on the studio's overall track record, rather than judging each individual film.
- Output deals can quietly shape what movies actually get made, since a studio knows in advance that its films will be bought no matter what.