Plan Group

Any configured planning group

The planning group for which the holdover sheet is generated.

Cinema Site

Any configured Site

The site for which the holdover sheet is generated.

Cinema Detail

n/a

Displays a list of the cinemas and the screens at each site.

Week Commencing

Any date

Selects the planning week for the holdover sheet. Any date that falls within the required planning week can be selected using the Calendar button.

After a date is selected, the field automatically adjusts to display the correct start date for that week according to the site's film week start day.

Status

n/a

The status of the holdover sheet.

Finalised

Cleared

Selected

Marks the holdover sheet as finalised and ready for export to Back Office.

Reports

Any available report

Allows reports for the selected site and planning weekto be generated directly from Holdover Sheet.

Default End Date

Any date

The default end date for the film bookings made in this holdover sheet.

Send to Cinema

n/a

Click the envelope icon to send the finalised holdover sheet to Back Office.

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.

Screen

n/a

The screens available at the selected site. Depending on the view used, the numbering for each screen may change:

Screen mode: Number shown represents the screen number.

Booking slot mode: Number shown represents the number of booking slots available for that screen.

Note: The system setting FILMSCHED.HoldoverSheetView sets the required view.

Screen Comment

n/a

Comments for each screen.

Film Previous Week

n/a

The films that were booked in the previous planning week for the selected screen.

Shows Σ

n/a

The number of shows played for each film at the selected screen in the previous planning week.

Admits Σ

n/a

The number of admits for each film at the selected screen in the previous planning week.

Gross Σ

n/a

The gross box office earnings for each film at the selected screen in the previous planning week.

Net Σ

n/a

The net box office earnings for each film at the selected screen in the previous planning week.

Σ

Average

Count

Maximum

Minimum

Sum

The sigma button is attached to the Shows, Admits, Gross, and Net columns.

It allows statistical calculations to be generated for Shows, Admits, Gross, and Net values for the entire week. The calculated summary values are displayed at the bottom of each column.

Note: Count always displays the total number of screens at the selected site.

Audio

Any configured Audio Language

The Audio Language of the film, as determined by the Available Audio field of Film maintenance.

Subtitles

Any configured Subtitle Language

The Subtitle Language of the film, as determined in Film maintenance.

Confirmed

Cleared

Selected

Confirms the film booking.

Film this Week

Any configured Film

The film booked for the selected screen.

Movie Format

Any configured Movie Format

The Movie Format of the selected film.

Session Type

Any configured Session Type

The type of session assigned to the film booking.

Distributor

Any Distributor

The distributor of the film.

Running Time

n/a

The duration of the film, as defined in its Film record.

Censor

n/a

The film's censor rating, from its Film maintenance record.

Print Number

Any number

The print number of the selected film.

Policy

Any configured Planning Policy

The policy applied to each film booking made for the selected site.

Price card

Any configured Price Card

The Price Card assigned to the film booking for the selected site.

Attributes

Any configured Attributes

The Attribute(s) associated with the selected film.

Shows

Any number

The number of sessions the film should play at a site in the booking week.

Note: This value must match the total number of sessions defined in the Planning Policy.

Comment

Any comment

Your comment about the film booking.

Terms

Any configured Distribution Term

The Distribution Terms used for the film.

Example: 90/10: 50,50,40,35,30,25.

Sneak Preview

cleared

selected

The film is a Sneak Preview.

Sneak Film

Any active configured Film

This field is displayed if the film booking is configured as a Sneak Preview. Select the Sneak Film you wish to show.

No Comps

Cleared

Selected

Disallows complimentaries for the selected film booking.

No Free Tickets until

Any date

The earliest date that Complimentary tickets can be distributed for this film.

Note: This field is only available if Allow Complimentaries is selected.

Play Week

n/a

Indicates the Week of Play for the film.

If sites use different film week start days, the Week of Play for the selected site is displayed.

Advance Revenue to Release

cleared

selected

Advances the revenue generated by the film booking to the release date. You may wish to use this option if you are showing sneak previews prior to the release date.

Start

Cleared

Selected

Enforces a start date and time for the film booking.

Film Booking Start

Any date

The start date of the film booking. This date can be set for each film booked for a screen.

End

Cleared

Selected

Enforces a end date and time for the film booking.

Film Booking End

Any date

The end date of the film booking. This date can be set for each film booked for a screen, or the Default End Date set in the ribbon applies

Link to Similar Film

n/a

Links the selected film to a closely related but separate film record, typically for reporting purposes.

Example: The Avengers 3D and The Avengers 2D exist as two separate film records. They share a report code value and are linked as similar films.

Films released in the week of

Any planning week

Allows films to be displayed according to their release date. The start date of the planning week is shown according to the site's film week start day.

Show 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.

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.

Distributor

n/a

The film's distributor, as defined in its film maintenance form.

Category

n/a

The film's category, from the Genre 1 field of its Film maintenance record.

Sales profile

n/a

Displays the film's sales profile.

Film

n/a

The title of the selected film, as defined in its film maintenance form.

Print

n/a

The print number of the selected film.

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.

Distributor

n/a

The film's distributor, as defined in its film maintenance form.

Category

n/a

The film's category, from the Genre 1 field of its Film maintenance record.

Previous successful export to Cinema

n/a

The last date and time the Holdover Sheet was successfully exported to Vista Cinema.

Week of

Any date

Selects the planning week. Select any date that falls within the planning week required, and the start date of that week is displayed.

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.

Show all sites

Cleared

Selected

Expands each Planning Group to display its sites.

Export

Cleared

Selected

Select the sites you wish to export the holdover sheet to.

Comments

Any comment

Enter any comment to send with the holdover sheet.

Black lines between screen rows

cleared

selected

Draws a black line between separates screen rows.

Prompt for Audio and Subtitle Languages

cleared

selected

When adding a film to the Holdover Sheet, you will be prompted to select Audio and Subtitle languages for the film.

Enable check-off for dropped films

cleared

selected

Places a check box beside dropped films.

Compare dropped to previous week

Holdover Sheet

Actual

Determines how the films in the dropped section are identified.

• Holdover Sheet: The films are compared against the previous week's holdover.
• Actual: The films are compared against the previous week's actual session data (as uploaded from the site).

Compare Level

Film

Print

Determines whether the dropped section displays information about dropped films or dropped prints.

• Film: The dropped section displays lines for films that were displayed the previous week but not this week.
• Print: The dropped section displays a separate record for each print that was played in the previous week but not this week. This option is only available if Compare dropped to previous week is set to Holdover.

Colour Coding by Film Status

Determines the colours of film titles in the Holdover Sheet