Posts Tagged ‘business’

  • Transformers 2 sets up a new business record
    It was badly clobbered by bloggers, critics and any movie fan who wrote an online review… well most of them. And yet, it’s stunned everyone who’s received the final numbers of the first five day business. Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen, since opening on Wednesday, has grossed… hold your breadth… US$ 201, 246, 000. 00 – that’s...
    by PFCdesktop at June 28th, 2009 at 03:06 pm
  • THE New Business With Box-Office
    iView Author: Proneet Dutta (Dimapur, India) Email: withheld THE NEW BUSINESS WITH BOX-OFFICE Business Talk With Taran Adarsh indiafm.com Box-office rewards or critics’ awards? February 11, 2009 – 08:37 IST 4 and 5 star rating by reviewers doesn’t imply that the film is a ‘Hit’ at the cash counters. Both are two different things. Let...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at February 11th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
  • Movie Re-distribution- An area of potential
    iView Author: Sethumahadevan (Chennai,India) Email: sethumadhavan.n [at] gmail.com Movie Re-distribution As a sales and marketing professional and as a film lover, film distribution has always been an interesting topic for me. It was a few months ago when I was doing a project on film distribution for an entertainment firm, that I realized the potential of the subject. At...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at December 23rd, 2008 at 08:12 am
  • Chandni Chowk to China : Trailer and what Warners are doing right
    No one from Bollywood thought of doing what many of us have been screaming our throats hoarse on… Get Bollywood to the Non-Indian Film Fan… cause there is a huge untapped market for Indian Indie to Studio films. Atlast Warner’s seems to be doing it just right. Targeting the film to that other potential market here in the USA. They released another set...
    by oz at December 14th, 2008 at 03:12 pm
  • The Six Mantras for Internet… and why Bollywood still doesn’t get it
    Two years ago, I was invited by a Professor friend, to give a guest lecture at the local University to students who were about to graduate as filmmakers. The objective was to offer them my 2 cents of advise on the business and marketing side of the internet for their films. The lecture to my relief went smoothly and was followed with a power packed Q&A after. I wish...
    by oz at November 5th, 2008 at 08:11 pm
  • Global Financial Crisis Aur Hindi Film Industry
    With a slew of big releases planned for next three months, it almost seems that the Hindi film industry is showing no impact of the financial crisis that has engulfed the world. While the impact of the financial crisis on other sectors in India like Banking, Realty and IT has been covered widely in media, there’s been limited focus on its impact on the entertainment...
    by Subrat at October 31st, 2008 at 04:10 am
  • Berlin to Bollywood : Take my money!
    Berlin is coming to Bollywood to present business and financing possibilites. Variety reports “The Medienboard will present the Berlin film industry and its advantages and financing possibilities at a special event on Nov. 2 in Mumbai to an audience of Indian producers and creative professionals. Among the highlights of the presentation will be a discussion on co-production...
    by oz at October 30th, 2008 at 11:10 am
  • Movies in the New Age- The India Today Conclave ‘08
    There has been discussions here before on Movies, their marketing and challenges we face in dealing with piracy – i say ‘we’ here for convenience sake (devlish-eheh). India Today organised a conclave with different entrepreneurs and main speakers Aamir Khan, Shekhar Kapur (moderator) and Ashok Amritraj recently (i believe they do it ever year) and aamirkhan.org...
    by DPac at April 12th, 2008 at 07:04 pm