Million dollar baby -A primer on film finance practices in the U.S. movie industry

• Published in: Industry and innovation Vol. 31; no. 8; pp. 991 - 1018
• Main Authors: Cuntz, Alexander, Muscarnera, Alessio, Oguguo, Prince C., Sahli, Matthias
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sydney Routledge 13.09.2024; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Assets; Creative industries; digitisation; Digitization; Finance; Financing; Industrial development; innovation; Innovations; Intangible assets; Intellectual property; Motion picture industry; Motion pictures; Movie industry; Property rights; Transactions; Transformation; Uncertainty; Uniform Commercial Code-US; United States > US

This article summarises standard film financing practices for the production and distribution of new content over the past 30 years using a mixed-methods approach. It takes the U.S. movie industry as a case in point to study how excess risk and uncertainty in the financing of new projects are proces...