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Originally Posted by ckissick
Back to the original question. I don't know the answer, but my guess is that it took that many production companies to pitch in enough money to make the movie. They all owned a small percentage.
Come to think of it, if you were to get enough old ladies to buy a percenatge of a film (or a play, for that matter), you could conceivably sell far more than 100% of the film/play and make a ton of money. But the movie/play would have to be a flop so the investors would not expect any money back. Nah, no one would ever try that.
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Your first statement is pretty much correct. Movie got started, ran out of money, signed on other partners.
You can invest in a string of films, my MIL invested in Silver Screen Partners 2, or 3, I don't remember, it was a Disney thing years ago. She did OK with it. Most movie investors never really make their money back.
In the case of Titanic, the first $100 Million production, FOX went to Paramount as the costs soared to share the risk/rewards.
Yeah, lots of "Producers" many of whom can't make any decisions and you never meet them on the set.
Most credits are union negotiated for each craft that participated in the creation of the movie.