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I need big help! I'm fresh out of university. I'm interested in the cinema industry. I would like to start a movie theatre, but need help with the business plan.

Can I please get help filling in this info? The help I'm looking for is a 1 screen for 1 year!

I'd really appreciate it!

Financial Categories
Ordinary Income/Expense
Revenue
Admission Revenue
Discount Card Sales
Discount Card Redeemed
Gift Certificate Sales
Gift Certificate Redeemed
Concession Revenue
Other Revenue
Total Revenue
Rental Income
Total Income
Expenses
Operating Expenses
Box Office Over/Short
Concession Merchandise Costs
Equipment Rental
Film Expenses
Feature Film Rental
Other Film Rental
Film Buying Expense (Booker)
Film Freight Costs
Total Film Expenses
Marketing & Advertising
Daily Directory Ad
Weekly Ad
Co-op Advertising
Film Ads - Non Co-op
Mylar’s & Posters
Flyers
Calendar Expense
Graphic Design
Radio Ads/Sponsorships
Web Site Expenses
Public Relations
Marketing & Advertising Other
Total Marketing & Advertising
Rent
Repairs & Maintenance
Janitorial Service
Concession Stand Repair
Projection & Sound Equipment Repair
Repairs & Maintenance - Other
Total Repairs & Maintenance
Supplies
Staff Uniforms
Box Office Supplies
Concession Supplies
Facility Supplies
Projection Supplies
Total Supplies
Utilities
Total Operating Expenses
General & Administration Expense
Amortization Expense
Bank Service Charges
Business Gifts
Depreciation Expense
Dues & Subscriptions
Entertainment
Insurance
Health Insurance
Liability Insurance
Workman's Comp. Insurance
Total Insurance
Licenses & Permits
Miscellaneous
Office Expenses
Payroll Services
Printing
Other
Total Office Expenses
Payroll Management
Management Salaries & Wages
Payroll Taxes Management
Total Payroll Management
Professional Fees
Interior Design Fees
Accounting
Legal Fees
Professional Fees Other
Total Professional Fees
Postage and Deliver
Travel Expenses
Telephone
Taxes
Local
Property
State Total Taxes
Total General & Administrative Expenses
Interest Expense
Finance Charge
Loan Fee
Loan Interest
Late Fees and Penalties
Total Interest Expenses
Total Expense
Net Ordinary Income
Interest Income
Other Income
Net Income

I'll get right on it.

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Mike Hurley
www.bigscreenbiz.com

Someone has been looking through a P&L statement copying out headings.

I haven't been copying anything. My friend, who got her MBA, gave me this categories, but she said she didn't know what theatres were making. She doesn't know a whole lot of the industry.

Here's an idea: Ask a FEW of these at a time. I bet you'll see an increase in response. Just a thought.

I did an interview with a couple CPA students where they needed info for a class project. The first criterian was pick a couple topics, not all of them. It took us an hour to get past just popcorn and pop.

Great,
Some of these listings will not mean a hill of beans to you just starting out. such as gift certificates redeemed and discount cards redeemed , Box office over short and others that are meaningless to a business plan. i was not being mean its just that the majority of this list is from a profit and loss statement from a Corp and these are thier headings.
Now when you are in business then they are all relevant if they pertain to your business. If you don't have discount cards you won't need to keep teack of them.

Great Thespian is Andrew McCrea. The 13-year-old Andrew McCrea is from Winnipeg, Canada. He was a pest on another forum. I have, up till now, tolerated his use of this forum because he hasn't been a pest. But since he has now lied to us all, I feel that it is necessary to expose him. Especially since he called himself a university graduate and he just called me; "My friend, who got her MBA, gave me this categories, but she said she didn't know what theatres were making. She doesn't know a whole lot of the industry."

He got this list from me. I am a man, without an MBA, who knows a great deal about this industry. I sent him this list to illustrate that he didn't know as much as he claimed to know.

Here is his picture.



I just think it isn't right for Mr. McCrea to use multiple identities on this forum. I also don't think it is right for him to misrepresent himself to us. I would be happy to change my identity on this forum to my real name at any time.

Mr.McCrea has been known to use such email addresses as:

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Sincerely yours,

Ian Price
Rialto Cinemas Lakeside

Ah HA I knew I recognized the bantering that I had seen it somewhere before. Film Tech I believe. I knew that the "list" was too much of non essential P&L statement headings to be of interest for a business plan

Thanks for the alert Large. We are addressing this issue now. We don't feel we need this kind of bantering.

Andrew has been informed that he's welcome here as long as he does not pretend to be a theatre owner and will only appear as Grand Cameo. Some of his questions have been interesting and some of a nature only a young man not involved in the very real world of theatre biz could imagine. He/you probably has a great career ahead of him as either a theatre operator or The Man of A Thousand Faces! I wish I knew as much as he does now when I opened my theatre! Cheers.

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Mike Hurley
www.bigscreenbiz.com