Film Financial Projections Business Plan Template

Using our Film Financial Projections Template has never been easier and we are proud to offer filmmakers FOUR Different Options for Comparable Films and Movie Sales Projections:

1. DIY - all of our Movie Investor Toolkits and Bundles include our Film Financial Projections template. You find movies similar to yours, plug in the numbers and our spreadsheet does the work for you.


2. Indie Film Database - Add our proprietary Indie Film Database and do your own projections in a fraction of the time! Instead of looking up film by film, and consulting multiple websites and pages to find the numbers you need, just use simple filters on our DB to find all the numbers you need.


3. Professional Sales Projections Done FOR You with 10 Films - FilmProposals now partners with Nash Info Services, the movie data gurus behind the-numbers.com (who created our Indie Film Database), to do professional movie projections based on 10 comparable films for you. This 10 comp package was created just for FilmProposals clients.
   
   
4. Professional Sales Projections Done FOR You with 20 Films - New! Professional Movie Sales Projections & Investor ROI Scenarios, with your Financial Analysis using 20 Comparable Films. Work directly with the the experts at NIS to select your ideal 20 comparable films from their full list of 20,000+ films. 20 comparable films is the industry standard.

Financial Projections Template DIY

Option #2 - Indie Film Custom Database

Our Custom Detailed Budget and Box Office Stats Make Finding Comparable Films a Breeze

We hired Nash Info Services, the movie data gurus behind the-numbers.com to create a completely custom spreadsheet for us analyzing indie and studio films 2006-2023. Our custom database is available as a separate product or an add-on with a discount to any of our Film Financing Toolkits.

Now, let's be clear. You can get a lot of this information yourselves - for free. Let's use Birdman as an example: 
https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Birdman#tab=summary

Our spreadsheet includes everything under Theatrical Performance and Home Market Performance. Then you could scroll through each tab and pull a lot of the other numbers yourselves. 

And then you could do that for 10-20 films. And you could do it after you even figure out which 10-20 films you want to use as your comparables after researching which are Indie vs Studio. You can use the-numbers, IMDB and/or Box Office Mojo. It's been the way we've done things for years...but oh-so-many of you have let us know how much you hate the tedious work. You just want to get on with filming, right? 

What we're offering is you can just filter for let's say, Indie Films & Comedy and BOOM!!! In 5 seconds...you have this: 

You can sort, filter, compare numbers, do whatever you like to make sure you narrow down the best comparable films for your business plan. Then just copy/paste the numbers right into your Financial & Business Plan Templates. This info is even better if used as you write your screenplay - see what does well. See which movies just like yours brought in the most at the box office. Your Comparable Films can do so much for your film!!!! Learn how we use this database to find our audience and build our marketing and distribution plans at Film Marketing Plan & Distribution Plan Expert Advice.

It is notoriously hard for filmmakers to find details on lower budget films, which is exactly why Nash are the pros. It's ALL they do - scour for industry information and work with filmmakers. Additionally, Nash has been doing Narrative & Doc Sales Projections for years! The Doc films in our database generally fall into three categories: biographical, social issues, and health/self-care/personal fulfillment. The narrative films cover every genre. So there's plenty from which to choose!

Fields Included in FilmProposals Custom Indie Film Database

S/VOD info is NOT included in our spreadsheet. While we know a lot of content has been released this way the last few years, there just is not enough information right now to provide any meaningful analysis. There are also so many different types of release patterns, it's hard to do any apples to apples comparison.  Once you pick your movies, you can research just those 10-20 numbers on your own where available if S/VOD is a distribution model you pursue. 

Buy the Filmproposals Custom Indie Film Database separately or add it on with a discount to our Film Financing Toolkits (it is included in our Gold Toolkit and ALL of our Film Financing Bundles).

Option #3 - Professional Sales Projections Done FOR You Prepared by Nash Info Services

FilmProposals is thrilled to partner with Nash Info Services, the movie data gurus behind https://the-numbers.com to create an expert Movie Analysis Package we know film investors respond to and respect. These packages are used industry-wide by independent producers, investment banks and analysts, technology companies, retailers, web sites and the major studios. This Do-It-For-You Service is included with select Film Financing Bundles or can be purchased separately at Custom Indie Film Sales Projections.

Your Professional Comparable Films Analysis Includes:

• Investor Scenarios - Returns to investors based on high, medium and low scenarios. Includes Investor Preferred Return and Investor Participation Beyond Preferred Return.
• Domestic & International Analysis - Potential revenue to the production company, based on the performance of the comparable films domestically and internationally
• Comparable Films - Detailed financial information on the comparison films used in the analysis.

All you need to do is pick 10 films from our Custom Indie Film Database (included with the purchase of this service) you believe are similar to yours in terms of budget, genre and production method. Submit these films to us and we'll use them as your Comparable Films to work our magic.

Sit back and relax.....and in about 2 weeks, you'll open your email and find this...

This Do-It-For-You Service is included with select Film Financing Bundles or can be purchased separately at Custom Indie Film Sales Projections.

You receive a professionally formatted PDF report designed for investors, which can easily integrate into your Film Business Plan. You will also receive the full Excel workbook of the analysis supporting your Movie Sales Projections, with all the assumptions and formulas used to create your Investor Scenarios. 

Option #4 - Professional Sales Projections Done FOR You Prepared by Nash Info Services

New! Level up your Comparable Films Analysis using 20 Comparable Films. With our Plus Bundles, you work directly with the expert analysts at Nash Info Services to select your ideal 20 comparable films from their full list of 20,000+ films. You get all the same reports as above PLUS expert advice on choosing your Comparable Films and an exponentially larger selection of films from which to choose.

This brand new service is offered with our Platinum Plus Bundle ($1,299) and Gold + 20 Films Financial Projections Bundle ($899).

Easily Integrate into Your Business Plan

If you want your Business Plan Executive Summary and Indie Film Pitch Deck to read like ours, then this service, paired with our tools & templates, is for you!

DIY - Flexible Financial Projections with our Film Financial Projections Template

Streaming and Video on Demand

The template includes flexibility to allow the input of various types of S/VOD numbers. You have complete flexibility over the distribution and VOD revenue model(s) you choose and you complete your calculations any way that works for you. However you do your calculations, just fill in the blanks for the various revenue streams and change the distribution fee (anywhere from 0-100%), according to your calculations.

International and Domestic Sales

Whether you use the traditional theater and/or new streaming/subscription distribution model(s), the template can adjust for any international or domestic sales scenario.

Financial Projection Screenshot - Income Projections

How to Use the Revenue Projections Template

• Instructions and examples included in template
• The Film Financial Projections template works with both PC and Mac
• Just fill in the yellow cells (the yellow disappears after you type in a number)
• The template does the rest for you
• Project Low, Medium and High financial return scenarios
• Financial Notes and great comparable film resources are included in our Film Proposals Manual
• Copy and paste the financial projections in to your Independent Film Business Plan Template

Film Financial Projection Screenshot - Comparable Films

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