Super Star in & as LINGAA ♠Anushka ♠ARR ♠KS Ravikumar

[pushpak]

Did anyone force these folks to distribute the film (whoever claims that they are losing money !)
If they have made more profits than they estimated, will they give away that portion to the producer or Rajini?

[kumarsr]

As per Economic Times : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...imum-guarantee

A minimum guarantee is an initial sum that is paid to the producer by the distributor irrespective of how the film performs.

Definition: A minimum guarantee is an initial sum that is paid to the producer by the distributor irrespective of how the film performs. Typically, large producers command a high sum due to their brand that pulls in crowds into theatres.

Description: The minimum guarantee is the minimum that is assured to the producer and a revenue sharing arrangement is worked out, whereby the producer will get a portion of the profits that the distributor makes.

This would mean that if the film gets a good response that the distributor recovers his costs in full, and on the overflow the producer will get a royalty.

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I still not sure what would happen for MG films when the movie is not generating the revenue as expected.

The distributor or theatre owners (depending on the arrangement) will generally have to bear the loss. However, in the movie industry, especially with Rajini and other big artists, some adjustments in the form of a refund or some concessions in the form of reduced pricing for a future film is made. Ultimately they all have to co-exist.

The bottomline which is quite clear is that relative to the price paid for Lingaa there is a heavy loss incurred. With Eros and the "karnataka" producer, it is difficult to see how to recover anything.

[kumarsr]

Did anyone force these folks to distribute the film (whoever claims that they are losing money !)
If they have made more profits than they estimated, will they give away that portion to the producer or Rajini?

Of course, no one is blameless. Although no one is forced to buy, one has to have a way to compensate at least a partial slice of the loss (distribute the loss amongst all parties). With Rajini, it is not clear how many more movies he will do, due to his health and age factor.

If the distributor had made more profits that was estimated, he would laugh all the way to the bank. But note that, he is likely to buy the next movie of the same Actor at an even higher price than before because of this factor (which ultimately results in the production house and the Actor jacking up their price for their next movie). So all of them are interdependent in this ecosystem. So, if a movie makes a big loss as is the case with Lingaa, some amount has to be refunded to compensate for the loss. Still loss is a loss (it cannot be converted to a profit but the loss amount for the distributor and the screnning houses can be reduced).

[thamiz]

Dilber or A2A or Raghu,

Can you post the ananda vikatan review here? I heard that they gave 41/100

[thamiz]

I am not subscribing and so I can not post it!

[thamiz]

It is running in US in several cities but the ticket price is slashed down to $12!

[kumarsr]

Madan is at fault - KSR utility services are well-known - why then interview him this way ?

I don't think Madhan is naive. He just feels that with some additional smarts the flashback can itself be told in a more interesting (in his words "deeper") way that can elevate the movie without KSR assuming that it will not be commercially viable.

[thamiz]

The distributors claimed in sivaji they lost money.. in enthiran they lost money.. in lingaa they lost money.. They WILL STILL pay HIGH PRICE for next Rajin movie as well and LOSE money too. They will never learn or what?

[thamiz]

In andhra it has made 20 crores collection already. They still say the distributors paid double the price or so. Why do they pay such a high price for a dubbed movie and it does not have shankar! I dont undersand- if at all they paid 30 crore or so!

[thamiz]

PK ticket price is $9 or so. Lingaa after second week it is still priced $12!