As a Film Producer or Studio, you know how hard it can be to get your films out there without a major marketing budget, let alone recover the costs involved in making it. The Church Theater Network is hoping to help Christian Film Studios by giving them a new market that is designed to help in every aspect of your business.
If you license your films to us, we’ll make them available for streaming to all of the Churches who subscribe to our service, and you’ll earn 50% of all the revenue we collect from sales of tickets. The Churches sell tickets through a dedicated web portal, and you’ll be able to see which Churches have elected to stream your film, the streaming dates they’ve selected, how any tickets are sold and exactly how much money comes in from those sales.
This way, you’ll always know how much we owe you and we will always pay up by the 10th of the month following the month in which it was streamed. Churches agree to sell a minimum of 25 tickets for each showing, but we expect there will be more than the minimum sold for most films. Older films, as well as some documentaries and shorter works, will bear a minimum ticket price of $5; newer feature films and documentaries, and special performances we produce, will have higher ticket prices.
In addition to what we pay you, we’re also creating a Film Investment Fund. Studios that provide films for our service will be able to apply for investments or loans to use in making new films. The only requirement is that any films made using money from this fund must come to our Network for at least 30 days before any other distribution. If you’re interested in licensing your films to our Network, be aware that they must be Family-friendly and acceptable to a Christian audience. All submissions are vetted to ensure they fit this criteria. To receive a copy of our Film License Agreement, please email us at