Film distribution

Japanese: 映画配給 - えいがはいきゅう
Film distribution

...That is how the so-called producer system came about.
[Film Distribution]
"Distribution" refers to the process of copying a produced film (a negative film with the screening rights, i.e. the copyrighted film) into a print and lending it to a movie theater (exhibitor) for a certain period of time to be screened. A contract for screening fees is made between the distributor and the exhibitor, and the price is determined by the commercial value of the film and the class of the theater (called a "number," and there are "higher numbers" and "lower numbers"), that is, its capacity (audience capacity), facilities, admission fee, location, and screening date and period.

*Some of the terms used in relation to "film distribution" are explained below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…いわゆるプロデューサー制度がそのようにして出来上ったのである〉。
[映画配給]
 製作された映画著作物(上映興行権,すなわち著作権を有するネガフィルム)をプリントに複製し,これを上映興行するために映画館(興行者)に一定期間貸し出すことを〈配給〉という。配給業者と興行者との間に上映料の契約が結ばれるが,その値段は作品の興行価値や劇場の等級(これを〈番線〉といい,〈上位番線〉〈下位番線〉がある),すなわち,そのキャパシティ(観客収容能力)や設備や入場料や所在地域,そして上映期日や上映期間などによって決定される。…

※「映画配給」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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