A film hire contract represents the agreement to exhibit a single film at an individual cinema or at all the cinemas within a Circuit or a Cinema Group.

Before you begin

Create the required Distribution Terms.
Configure House Costs in Head Office.
(Optional) Create Payment Terms in Head Office.
(Optional) Specify a default contract start time using the system setting FILMHIRE.ContractStartTimeDefault.

Steps

Navigate to Head Office > Maintenance > Cinema Film Hire Contracts.
Click Create or select the required Film.
Specify the Type of session this contract applies to.
Select the required Distribution Terms.
Right-click the Cinemas and Screens section and select Add Cinema Group, Add Circuit, or Add Cinema.
(Optional) Enter the Screen number the film will play on for each Cinema listed.

Note: Entering the screen number allows film hire to be calculated at the level of specific screens. If using this option, check that all screens showing the film are accounted for. You may wish to create a different contract for each screen at a cinema.
Enter the Start Date.

Note: Weeks of play for the film are counted from the Start Date. For example: Friday, December 1 is selected as the Start Date. The first week of play runs from Friday, December 1 to Thursday, December 7.
(Optional) Enter the Length (Weeks).

Note: This field is used only for certain types of contracts where film hire is agreed on the basis of a fixed amount and period of time (Distributor Fixed Amount). For example: A fixed amount of $200,000 is agreed as the film hire for the entire 6 week run of The Dark Horse. A value of 6 is entered in this field so that the film hire is split evenly across 6 weeks during calculation.
Enter the House Costs and any other relevant contract details.

See also:

Creating a film-hire contract

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