Self Distribution

What is Self Distribution?

It is when you get to distribute your film yourself in that way it would be a Micro budget production This means that you can get the full control and right over your film as you get to chose over where your film will be shown. This may also mean that you wouldn't have to give a cut of the money made form your sales. However this may include some disadvantages as it is very time consuming, chasing buyers and sales and filling in paperwork. (Sourced by BBC)

Distributors have a long time relationships with their buyers so it may be that buyers would be interested in the films from the other distributors. 

(VOD video on demand) this a system which allows users to select and watch when they choose to, rather than having to watch at a specific broadcast time. 

 

Distribution

3 steps of film cycle 

• Production
• Distribution
• Exhibition

What is Distribution?

Distribution is the way the film is being shared among number of people. Marketing is a part of distribution as it includes; advertisements. ( Source from Wiki)
Distributor is an organization which will help you represent your film to sell it on to different countries who will then attempt to send in on television.
(Source from BBC)
To be able to distribute your film, you will have to make sure that you have all assets are in place.

Bellow is the example of Distribution of the film "Everest 2015" which was distributed by Universal. It was distributed in 62 countries, this isn't a surprising number as the they knew that this movie would be well watched because of their star cast as well as their production values such as SFX.
Its budget was $55m and that tells us that it is able to have a star in the movie as well incredible graphics.

However, movies such as horror genre have a great chance of having a better distribution as they don't depend on stars.

Country (click to view weekend breakdown) Dist. Release Date Opening Wknd % of Total Total Gross / As Of FOREIGN TOTAL - 9/17/15 $28,877,052 18.1% $159,943,235 1/28/16 Argentina UIP 9/17/15 $835,407 34.2% $2,445,099 12/13/15 Australia UPI 9/18/15 $2,304,162 31.3% $7,352,404 10/25/15 Austria UPI 9/17/15 $395,774 25.6% $1,547,719 12/13/15 Belgium UPI 9/23/15 $273,256 30% $909,628 11/22/15 Bolivia UIP 9/24/15 $75,269 29.5% $255,484 10/25/15 Brazil UPI 9/24/15 $750,626 40.8% $1,837,939 12/6/15 Bulgaria - 9/18/15 - - $484,926 11/29/15 Chile UPI 10/1/15 $232,653 35.8% $649,990 11/22/15 China - 11/3/15 $5,530,855 35.8% $15,446,746 11/15/15 Colombia UIP 9/17/15 $335,003 41.1% $815,252 10/18/15 Croatia UIP 9/17/15 $38,806 25.6% $151,513 11/15/15 Czech Republic CinemArt 9/24/15 - - $854,460 11/15/15 Denmark UIP 9/17/15 $191,198 33.6% $569,436 11/1/15 Ecuador UIP 9/18/15 $41,715 6.3% $667,132 11/8/15 Egypt UIP 9/16/15 $31,169 26.4% $118,024 10/11/15 Estonia UIP 9/25/15 $91,584 33.6% $272,584 11/8/15 Finland UPI 9/25/15 $171,178 32.4% $527,878 11/22/15 France UPI 9/23/15 $2,381,316 33.8% $7,050,663 10/25/15 Germany UPI 9/17/15 $2,557,819 27.3% $9,361,585 11/29/15 Ghana - 10/1/15 - - $742,102 10/11/15 Greece UIP 10/1/15 $331,288 33.4% $991,038 10/25/15 Hong Kong EDKO 9/17/15 $831,036 35.9% $2,317,978 11/8/15 Hungary UIP 9/17/15 $232,417 28.7% $811,224 10/18/15 Iceland UIP 9/17/15 - - $691,470 12/13/15 India UPI 9/18/15 $1,400,783 45.7% $3,063,683 10/18/15 Ireland - N/A - - $3,000,000 9/28/15 Israel UIP 9/24/15 $416,460 27.8% $1,497,241 11/22/15 Italy UIP 9/25/15 $1,753,390 34.3% $5,107,872 10/25/15 Japan Toho-Towa 11/6/15 $1,347,655 22% $6,133,397 12/6/15 Jordan - 9/17/15 $25,526 32.1% $79,463 9/27/15 Kenya UIP 9/18/15 $8,376 17.7% $47,341 11/8/15 Latvia Forum 9/25/15 $52,571 25.9% $203,103 12/6/15 Lebanon UIP 9/17/15 $85,767 41.1% $208,829 10/18/15 Lithuania Forum 9/25/15 - - $225,804 11/22/15 Malaysia UIP 9/24/15 $653,876 42.9% $1,525,677 11/15/15 Mexico UPI 9/16/15 $2,754,301 33.5% $8,232,318 11/8/15 Netherlands UPI 9/17/15 - - $1,377,529 10/25/15 New Zealand UIP 9/18/15 - - $1,555,533 11/15/15 Nigeria - 9/18/15 $2,783 41.2% $6,759 9/27/15 Norway UIP 9/18/15 $259,191 23.3% $1,111,048 11/29/15 Oman - 9/17/15 $25,716 47.2% $54,500 10/11/15 Peru UPI 9/10/15 $472,369 31.8% $1,484,490 11/22/15 Philippines UPI 9/16/15 $594,726 61.7% $964,062 10/11/15 Poland UIP 9/18/15 $635,514 20.7% $3,074,161 12/6/15 Portugal UIP 9/24/15 $234,437 35.1% $668,418 11/15/15 Romania UIP 9/18/15 - - $3,369,345 11/29/15 Russia UIP 9/25/15 - - $8,800,000 10/4/15 Russia - CIS UPI 9/24/15 - - $10,483,022 12/13/15 Serbia & Montenegro Taramount 9/17/15 $14,865 14.7% $101,224 11/15/15 Singapore UIP 9/24/15 $675,105 40.3% $1,676,596 11/8/15 Slovakia - 9/17/15 - - $332,083 11/8/15 Slovenia UPI 9/25/15 - - $257,396 11/29/15 South Africa - 9/18/15 $114,500 28.1% $408,083 11/8/15 South Korea UIP 9/25/15 - - $2,692,488 10/18/15 Spain UPI 9/18/15 $1,569,534 23.9% $6,575,707 12/6/15 Sweden UIP 9/25/15 $357,685 24.4% $1,465,820 11/29/15 Switzerland (French-speaking) UPI 9/23/15 $175,959 23.9% $735,368 11/8/15 Switzerland (German-speaking) UPI 9/17/15 $403,839 27.5% $1,468,147 11/1/15 Taiwan UIP 9/18/15 $941,113 29.5% $3,192,262 11/1/15 Thailand UIP 9/24/15 $289,432 47.7% $606,942 10/18/15 Turkey UIP 9/18/15 $174,007 20.1% $864,771 11/15/15 Ukraine UPI 9/24/15 $394,017 29% $1,357,145 11/8/15 United Arab Emirates UPI 9/17/15 $729,196 40.2% $1,812,752 11/29/15 United Kingdom UPI 9/18/15 $4,910,503 31.1% $15,794,142 1/17/16 Uruguay UPI 10/1/15 $29,493 37.2% $79,300 11/15/15 Venezuela UIP 9/25/15 $543,077 21.4% $2,538,157 11/15/15 Vietnam CJ Ent. 9/18/15 $112,856 46.3% $243,624 10/4/15

Where as looking at Tyrannosaur which was distributed by "Strand Releasing" in US and that organisation is well known LGBT distributor. This was a strange way of distributing for Tyrannosaur as this film does not include any LGBT scenes.

This movie was distributed in 7 countries. This movie is different compared to the Everest because they don't have hight budget which leads to absence of production values. Which also explains why it doesn't have stars. Its a social realism movie which does not make a serious amount of money. Although there are some exceptions such as Billy Elliot. Those sort of movies became popular as there is one protagonist which goes against among a lot of people.

Country (click to view weekend breakdown)	Dist.	Release Date	Opening Wknd	% of Total	Total Gross / As Of
FOREIGN TOTAL	-	N/A	n/a	-	n/a	N/A
Austria	Polyfilm	1/20/12	-	-	$3,151	1/29/12
Belgium	-	4/25/12	-	-	$23,591	5/20/12
Germany	-	10/13/11	$22,458	74.8%	$30,027	10/16/11
Norway	Arthouse	4/20/12	$9,424	43.1%	$21,849	4/29/12
Russia - CIS	P&I Films	3/15/12	$20,415	59.9%	$34,055	4/29/12
Spain	-	3/23/12	$29,247	26.5%	$110,272	5/13/12
United Kingdom	Studio Canal	10/7/11	$127,290	29.5%	$430,845	4/1/12

Tyrannosaur
Tyrannosaur original poster by Dan McCarthy
Directed by	Paddy Considine
Produced by	Diarmid Scrimshaw Mark Herbert
Written by	Paddy Considine
Starring	Peter Mullan Olivia Colman Eddie Marsan Paul Popplewell Sally Carman
Cinematography	Erik Wilson
Edited by	Pia Di Ciaula
Production company	Warp X Inflammable Films Film4 Productions UK Film Council Screen Yorkshire EM Media Optimum Releasing[1]
Distributed by	StudioCanal UK (UK) Strand Releasing (US)
Release dates	21 January 2011(Sundance) 7 October 2011(United Kingdom)
Running time	92 minutes[2]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£750,000[3]
Box office	£396,930[4]

What is Wide Distribution?
It is when having a very extensive distribution rate. Which means that most of the cinemas would be showing your film.
Below is the example of movie which has wide release. Specifically, a movie is considered to be in wide release when it is on 600 theatres or more in the United States and Canada.

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count / Change		Average	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	N	Kung Fu Panda 3	Fox	$41,282,042	-	3,955	-	$10,438	$41,282,042	-	1
2	1	The Revenant	Fox	$12,779,530	-20.2%	3,330	-381	$3,838	$138,550,898	$135	6
3	2	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	BV	$11,116,684	-21.0%	2,556	-809	$4,349	$895,760,846	$200	7
4	N	The Finest Hours	BV	$10,288,932	-	3,143	-	$3,274	$10,288,932	-	1
5	3	Ride Along 2	Uni.	$8,426,610	-32.3%	2,412	-780	$3,494	$70,856,300	$40	3
6	4	Dirty Grandpa	LGF	$7,591,049	-31.7%	2,912	-	$2,607	$22,837,059	-	2
7	5	The Boy (2016)	STX	$7,551,388	-29.9%	2,671	-	$2,827	$21,185,304	$10	2
8	6	The 5th Wave	Sony	$7,142,826	-30.8%	2,908	-	$2,456	$20,330,975	$38	2
9	7	13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi	Par.	$6,274,244	-30.5%	2,803	-114	$2,238	$42,848,089	$50	3
10	N	Fifty Shades of Black	ORF	$5,900,528	-	2,075	-	$2,844	$5,900,528	-	1

STUDIO SUMMARY

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<<Last Weekend <Last Year	View Index: By Year | By Weekend
Row TW LW Distributor Total % change Market Share # Movies Top Movie Weekend Gross % of total Weekend Rank Release Week 1 1 1 20th Century Fox $55,418,340 +196.6% 39.9% 6 Kung Fu Panda 3 $41,282,042 74.5% 1 1 2 2 4 Buena Vista $21,900,286 +46.8% 15.8% 4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $11,116,684 50.8% 3 7 3 3 2 Paramount $12,749,354 -27.2% 9.2% 4 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi $6,274,244 49.2% 9 3 4 4 5 Universal $9,073,095 -36.2% 6.5% 2 Ride Along 2 $8,426,610 92.9% 5 3 5 5 3 Lionsgate $8,833,414 -42.7% 6.4% 3 Dirty Grandpa $7,591,049 85.9% 6 2 6 6 6 Sony / Columbia $7,576,386 -30.9% 5.5% 5 The 5th Wave $7,142,826 94.3% 8 2 7 7 7 STX Entertainment $7,551,388 -29.9% 5.4% 1 The Boy (2016) $7,551,388 100.0% 7 2 8 8 12 Open Road Films $7,100,567 +457.5% 5.1% 2 Fifty Shades of Black $5,900,528 83.1% 10 1 9 9 9 Weinstein Company $2,010,101 -1.4% 1.4% 5 Jane Got a Gun $835,572 41.6% 17 1 10 10 10 Fox Searchlight $1,820,980 +1.0% 1.3% 2 Brooklyn $1,761,149 96.7% 13 13 11 11 11 A24 $1,236,878 -7.4% 0.9% 1 Room $1,236,878 100.0% 14 16 12 12 8 Focus Features $701,890 -68.1% 0.5% 2 The Forest $442,930 63.1% 25 4 13 13 14 Warner Bros. $566,140 -18.4% 0.4% 8 Creed $283,139 50.0% 30 10 14 14 - Shorts International $559,502 - 0.4% 1 2016 Oscar Nominated Short Films $559,502 100.0% 21 1 15 15 13 Well Go USA $526,338 -32.9% 0.4% 1 Ip Man 3 $526,338 100.0% 22 2 16 16 15 Sony Classics $475,215 +72.7% 0.3% 5 The Lady in the Van $300,387 63.2% 28 8 17 17 16 IFC $475,076 +192.6% 0.3% 2 45 Years $473,729 99.7% 23 6 18 18 - Amplify $108,586 - 0.1% 1 Lazer Team $108,586 100.0% 40 1 19 19 17 Bleecker Street $79,497 -15.9% 0.1% 1 Trumbo (2015) $79,497 100.0% 42 13 20 20 - UTV Communications $76,931 - 0.1% 1 Saala Khadoos $76,931 100.0% 43 1