Overseas sales of FFC-supported productions

About the data

The Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) has tracked the overseas sales of films and programs in which it has invested since 1988. The extracts in these tables give a picture of the international distribution of Australian productions between 1998 and 2007.

The prices listed are for various types of acquisition deals; no presales are included. Some are ‘outright’ deals where no overages will be paid regardless of the performance of a film. Some prices reflect ‘minimum guarantees or advances’. In the latter case, commissions and/or royalties have been negotiated for each of the rights licensed, and if the film performs well, overages may be paid in addition to the guaranteed amount. With documentaries and TV drama, the deal usually includes licence fees paid for free-to-air and/or subscription TV rights. Also, the term of the deal and the rights sold (theatrical, video rental, video sell-through, free TV, subscription TV, etc.) may vary between deals. Therefore it is difficult to ascertain the nature of a deal by looking at price alone.

Notes on distribution territories