Hollywood accounting refers to the practice of film studios reporting large film projects as unprofitable through fraudulent accounting methods. This is done to avoid paying compensation to workers and talent by reporting little to no net profits. It exploits those behind and in front of the camera by underpaying them and retaining profits for studios and top stars.

1. Friday, December 6, 2013

2. Hollywood Accounting is the process in which
when a film is released by a studio(s), large profits
are made from the films box office, but the
financial statement on the film says that the film
was actually less profitable than it was. This
method is performed to hoard the profits for film
studios and the bigger stars in the film itself and to
underpay film staff. Is this fair.
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3. Hollywood Accounting exploits labor in film because some of
those behind the scenes of film, and some even in front of the
camera are not compensated properly.
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4. Why is Hollywood Accounting Important
For Discussion
?
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5. What’s In It For The Audience/What’s My
Personal Ethos
?
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6. The Unionization and Organization Of Hollywood/Film
Industry Workers Will Draw Attention To This Issue And As
A Result, The Workers Will Be Compensated Properly.
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7. The labor of Hollywood/film industry workers are abused
and imposed on because of Hollywood Accounting.
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8. Although Most Hollywood Workers Receive Pretty Fair
Wages, The Wages They Could Receive Outweigh Their
Current Wages.
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9. Hollywood Accounting Is A Prime Example Of Falsifying
Documents. Based On The Laws Of This Country, This
Should Be Grounds For A Federal Indictment.
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10. Millions Of Dollars
Are Made From
Films Almost Every
Weekend At The Box
Office. So Why Can’t
The Workers Of
Hollywood Be Paid
Appropriately?
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13. It was reported that Warner Bros. Studio Used the method to
say that film “Harry Potter and the Order Of The Phoenix
made less than it actually did. The film itself grossed almost
One Billion Dollars.
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14. Hollywood Accounting Fact #1: The Actor Who Played Darth
Vader In Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi, Still Hasn’t Been
Compensated For His Role.
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15. Hollywood
Accounting
Fact #2: Only
Five Percent
Of Films in
Hollywood
shows profit.
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16. I Believe That Hollywood Accounting Only Exists To not
share profits with key cast members and staff so that the
studio itself can profit.
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If Unionization itself doesn’t solve the
Hollywood Accounting Issue, Workers and Cast
Members alike should strike and holdout on
films.
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18. The labor of Hollywood/film industry workers are abused an
imposed on because of Hollywood Accounting.
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19. Millions Of Dollars
Are Made From Films Almost Every Weekend At
The Box Office. So These Workers Should Be
Compensated Appropriately.
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20. In Hollywood, Wealth Should Be Spread
And Not Hoarded.
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