The panels in Cinema Planning give you a wide variety of information about bookings, including:

Movie format: Format of a particular booking (for example, 2D, 3D, IMAX).
Session type: Additional session data used for projection and reporting.
Print number: Virtual concept of a booking, related to the total concurrent runs of a booking at any one time.
Attributes: Similar to movie format but can include other concepts, such as special types of screenings, or CC (closed captions).
Sales profile: Rules for when tickets can go on sale for a booking.
Price card: Virtual card that defines the price of tickets for a booking.
Policy: Parameters chosen by film programmers that determine how a booking plays.
Comments: Additional information from film programmers to communicate how a booking plays.

The Cinema Planning panels are:

Film Directives
Box Office
New Releases
Dropped Films
Recent Films
Information
Film Palette
Schedule Comments
Film Hire Terms

Film Directives panel

Option	Allowed Values	Description
Location Spread Directive	1–500 characters	The Location Spread Directive field can be used to leave notes indicating how the Film should be spread across the Sites in your organisation.
Schedule Directive	1–500 characters	This field can be used to leave notes for Film Programmers concerning how the Film should be scheduled.
Sales Profile	Any configured Sales Profile	The selected Sales Profile determines the Advance Booking Period for sessions to the Film. Example: 3 days before the Opening Date.

Box Office panel

Option	Description
Film	Choose the required film or All films in the dropdown menu.
Number of Shows	The number of sessions for the period, cinema, and film selected.
Admits	The number of admits for the period, cinema, and film selected.
Gross	The gross earnings for the cinema, its business week, and film selected.
Net	The net earnings for the cinema, its business week, and film selected.
Admits % change	The percentage difference in the number of admits between the selected business week in comparison to the previous week.
Gross % change	The percentage difference in gross earnings between the selected business week in comparison to the previous week.
Net % change	The percentage difference in net earnings between the selected business week in comparison to the previous week.
Weekend Admits	The number of weekend admits for the cinema, its business week, and film selected.
Weekend Gross	The gross weekend earnings for the cinema, its business week, and film selected.
Weekend Net	The net weekend earnings for the cinema, its business week, and film selected.
Weekend Admits % change	The percentage difference in the number of weekend admits between the selected business week in comparison to the previous week.
Weekend Gross % change	The percentage difference in weekend gross earnings between the selected business week in comparison to the previous week.
Weekend Net % change	The percentage difference in weekend net earnings between the selected business week in comparison to the previous week.

New Releases panel

Option	Allowed Values	Description
Back arrows ()		Loads the panel with information from the previous planning week.
Forward arrows ()		Loads the panel with information from the next planning week.
Date	n/a	The start date of the planning week. If more than one site is selected, and each site uses a different film week start day, a date range showing the earliest and latest start dates for the planning week is displayed.
Include Unlinked Films	cleared selected	If selected, the panel lists all films released in the selected week, regardless of whether the film is been associated with the selected cinema in the Linking and Site Variable Data application. If cleared, the panel only lists films linked to the selected site. Tip! To link a listed film to the selected site, right-click the film's title in the New Releases panel and click Link to Cinema.
Film	n/a	The title of the selected film, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Length	n/a	The film's running length, in minutes, from its Film maintenance record.
Censor	n/a	The film's censor rating, from its Film maintenance record.
Category	n/a	The film's category, from the Genre 1 field of its Film maintenance record.
Available Film Formats		The Movie Formats associated with the film, in its Film maintenance record.
Distributor	n/a	The film's distributor, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Sales profile	n/a	Displays the film's sales profile.

Dropped Films panel

Option	Description
Back arrows ()	Loads the panel with information from the previous planning week.
Forward arrows ()	Loads the panel with information from the next planning week.
Date	The start date of the planning week. If more than one site is selected, and each site uses a different film week start day, a date range showing the earliest and latest start dates for the planning week is displayed.
Film	The title of the selected film, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Censor	The film's censor rating, from its Film maintenance record.
Category	The film's category, from the Genre 1 field of its Film maintenance record.
Film Formats	The Movie Formats associated with the film, in its Film maintenance record.
Distributor	The film's distributor, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Sales profile	Displays the film's sales profile.

Recent Films panel

Option	Description
Date	The start date of the planning week. If more than one site is selected, and each site uses a different film week start day, a date range showing the earliest and latest start dates for the planning week is displayed.
Film	The title of the selected film, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Print	The print number of the selected film.
Length	The film's running length, in minutes, from its Film maintenance record.
Censor	The film's censor rating, from its Film maintenance record.
Category	The film's category, from the Genre 1 field of its Film maintenance record.
Film Format	The Movie Formats associated with the film, in its Film maintenance record.
Distributor	The film's distributor, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Sales profile	Displays the film's sales profile.

Information panel

Option	Description
Selected Week	The start date of the planning week for the selected site, determined according to the site's film week start day.
Film Name	The title of the selected film, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Censor Rating	The film's censor rating, from its Film maintenance record.
Running length	The film's running length, in minutes, from its Film maintenance record.
Genre	The selected film's Genre, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Distributor	The film's distributor, as defined in its film maintenance form.
Week of Play	The number of weeks since the film's Opening Date (as defined in its Film maintenance form). If sites use different film week start days, the Week of Play for the selected site and planning week is shown.
Print Number	The print number of the selected film.
Film Format	The Movie Formats associated with the film, in its Film maintenance record.

Film Palette panel

Option

Allowed Values

Description

Include Inactive Films

cleared

selected

Determines whether films with the status Inactive will be displayed in the palette.

New Film...

Opens a new record in Film maintenance.

Schedule Comments panel

Option	Allowed Values	Description
Save Comments	n/a	Saves the comments.
Refresh	n/a	Refreshes the Schedule Comments docking panel
Time	n/a	The time at which the comment was made. Note: This field is populated automatically and cannot be edited.
Location	n/a	The Location at which the comment was made. Note: This field is populated automatically and cannot be edited.
Comment	1–1000 characters	The comment left regarding the session schedule.
Author	n/a	The author of the comment. Note: This field is populated automatically and cannot be edited.
Export	cleared selected	Allows the comment to be exported to Head Office.

Film Hire Terms panel

Option	Allowed Values	Description
Apply	Apply to Booking Apply to Sites	Applies film hire terms changes to the selected film booking or to specified sites. If Apply to Sites is selected, select the required sites in the Select Film Hire Terms pop-up window. If multiple sites are selected and each site uses a different film week start day, a date range showing the earliest and latest start days is displayed.
View Applied		Changes the panel view to show only Film Hire Terms that are applied, rather than provisional.
View Contract		Opens Contract maintenance. Note: This button is only available if View Applied has been selected.
Performance		Opens a Contract Information window. Note: This button is only available if View Applied has been selected.
Start Date	Any date and time	The earliest date and time that a Session of this Film (and for this type) will be shown at a site, according to its contract or provisional terms. If a film booking does not have a contract or provisional terms, the date is the start date of the planning week for that site. If sites use different film week start days, the date will vary accordingly.
Length (Weeks)	Any number	A number of weeks that the selected Film is expected to run for.
Provisional Terms	Any configured distribution term	The provisional terms of exhibition for the film and its sessions. Example: Distributor fixed per session.
Sales Tax	Any configured sales tax	The sales tax for the film. Example: UK VAT
Distributor Tentative	cleared selected	Marks the booking's distributor terms as tentative.
Cinema Tentative	cleared selected	Marks the booking's cinema as tentative.
Apply terms to format	cleared selected	Applies the film hire terms to the selected movie format of the film.
House Costs	Pro rata (normal) Upper limit Fixed Fixed based on Holdover Sheet	Determines how House Costs are calculated for a screen: Pro rata (normal): Uses House Costs as configured in the Cinema Screens (Film Hire) maintenance form at Head Office. Upper Limit: Uses the maximum value for this contract. Specify the maximum value in House Cost Value. If the calculated House Costs exceeds this limit, the maximum is used instead. Fixed: Uses fixed house costs for all screens using the contract. Specify the fixed value in House Cost Value and the No. of Sessions required. The fixed house costs override the House Costs set in the Cinema Screens (Film Hire) maintenance form at Head Office. Fixed based on Holdover Sheet: Uses House Costs calculated on the basis of the number of planned sessions in the Holdover Sheet, rather than actual session figures.
House Cost Value	Any number	The House Costs value used for sessions with the contract. This will override the House Costs as configured on the Cinema Screens (Film Hire) maintenance form for the screen of any session using the contract. Note: This field is only available if House Costs is set to Upper Limit or Fixed.

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