How do movie theaters and film studios make money?!
Question:
How do movie theaters and film studios make money?
Do movie theaters get a percentage of tickets sold? How does that relationship typically work?
Answers:
It's not the same for all movies, or all studios. The bigger studios and bigger movies will get a bigger amount of the ticket sales, independant movies get a smaller cut.
But let's say Harry Potter. The movie studio gets 100% of the profits for the first couple of weeks, and the theatres only get their concession money.
After that, it usually changes week by week, with the theatre getting a bigger and bigger percentage of the ticket sales.