(Hypothetical
Costs)*
Story
Rights $1,000,000
Writer $750,000
Rewrites,
Brush-Ups and Misc. $500,000
SCRIPT
TOTAL $2,250,000
Producers
$1,500,000
Production
Bonus $500,000
Executive
Producer $350,000
Misc. Production Costs $300,000
PRODUCERSÕ
TOTAL
$2,650,000
Director
$2,000,000
Second-Unit
Director and Misc. $200,000
DIRECTORSÕ
TOTAL $2,200,000
Male
Lead $10,000,000
Female
Lead $10,000,000
Supporting
Actor 1 $3,000,000
Supporting
Actor 2 $3,000,000
Supporting
Actress $1,000,000
Entourage
$330,000
Other
Above-the-Line Principal
Characters
$3,500,000
Bits
and Stunts and Misc. $750,000
Above-the-Line
Travel and Living $1,500,000
CAST
TOTAL $33,080,000
TOTAL
ABOVE-THE-LINE $40,180,000
BELOW-THE-LINE
Extras
and Stand-ins $1,000,000
Production
Staff $650,000
Wardrobe
$110,000
Makeup
and Hair $200,000
Camera,
Film and Misc. $1,750,000
Set
Dressing and Action Props $1,000,000
Props,
other $500,000
Set
Design $400,000
Set
Construction $150,000
Set
Strike $150,000
Item
Amount
BELOW-THE-LINE
(continued)
ProductionÑSound
$150,000
Set
Lighting $800,000
Set
Operation and Facilities $1,000,000
Special
Effects $500,000
Tests/Rehearsals
$50,000
Locations
$750,000
Transportation
$2,000,000
Second
Unit $1,000,000
Aerial
Unit and Misc. $100,000
Below-the-Line
Travel and Living $1,600,000
TOTAL
BELOW-THE-LINE $13,860,000
TOTAL
COST $54,040,000
Source: University of Western Ontario, www.lib.uwo.ca/business/entermediastat.pdf