The Insider's Guide to Film Finance

7 Collection Agreements

 

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Collection Agreements

In the world of multiparty film financing, investors, or those entitled to a share of revenues arising from the exploitation of a film, always have an interest in getting their money back or seeing a net profit.

Collection Account Management Agreements have become an important aspect of a film financing transaction. Before the widespread use of collection accounts and the engagement of collection management companies, revenues from the sale of a film to international distributors were usually administered by the sales agents. Those entitled to receive revenues from sales would sometimes find it difficult to get statements ...