Film industry

The stages of a film are:
Someone has an idea for a movie whether its a reboot or something quite new
They create a brief idea and use it to promote interest in their idea
A studio like Dreamworks decide whether or not to buy the rights 
A crew is brought together e.g screenwriter, producer, director cast ect.
The film is then completed and sent to the studio
Then the studio will make a licensing agreement with a distribution
The distribution company determines how many prints of the film to make.
the company will then have a screening to prospective buyers who represent the theaters.
the buyers will then negotiate with the distribution company on whether or not they wish to lease the movie.
the prints of the film are sent to the theaters a few days before release day
the cinema shows the move a certain amount of weeks depending on the engagement they have made
you buy a ticket and watch the movie :D
 
at the end of the engagement, the theater sends the print back to the company and makes an agreement on the lease agreement
 
 
What is a film distribution?
 
The distribution of a movie is the process through which a movie is made available to watch for an audience by a film distributor. this task may be accomplished in a variety of ways for example, with a thetrical release, a home entertainment such as DVD or BluRay disc or a televsions broadcast syndication and may include digital distribution




In the golden age of Hollywood, the Hollywood studio system was created by five major studios which were also known as the Big Five. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer inc (MGM) had held the top spot for eleven years (1931-1941), with 20th Century Fox in second place. Paramount earned quite a lot of money during the early sound era and after a slow period during the 1930s climbed back to profitability during the booming 1940s. Warner Brothers and RKO radio pictures remained stable until the late 1940s when RKO began to decline.