Who gets paid from DVD sales?

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FilmBoy77

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who profits the most from dvd sales once a movie comes from the theater to blockbuster?

the studios? the investors? the director or actors?
 
It varies from movie to movie,depending on whose attached, but the one group who never gets jack, as per WGA memorandum is the writer.
 
The distrobution company..(most always, that same company that release your film into theaters) has bought the film from you... the dvd sales profits are brought in, and based on your contracted agreement, a FAT portion goes to the distro company, then usually the producer(s) get a cut of net profits, the director usually gets a cut of net profits, and then based on the orginal agreement the producers made with the investors, they may or may not get a cut. That really depends on the previous agreements. non-union actors typically don't get a cut, but main roles, union, i believe get some type of cut.

Keep in mind that no matter how many might deserve the cut, the distro most likey won't budge to the percentage they are going to take...(in taking less). So then the rest must be divided up by the different people...director, producers, actors, investors
 
hey

hey

depends entirely on the contract. The Executive Producer usually gets 50%
 
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