for my senior research project i have decided to do a paper on the film industry and the money it makes, and how much it costs to make movies and all that kind of stuff, if anyone has any good links to sites that have that info, it will be very helpful, thanks.

that could become a really, really, really long paper.

yea you're going to have to narrow it down. how much money it makes in movie theatres? video? television? america? other countries?

and how much it costs to make a movie before production (which is usually what the estimates are)? or how much it costs after production is over? with the added cost of post? or with the added costs of distribution and promotion?

^^^Oh, oh!! You forgot to mention PPV!!

Ha, ha... memories of that class with Dov S-S Simens came flooding back.

Ademu - you took that class with Simens too? I took that class in Charlotte two or three years ago! It was actually kind of interesting and I learned something (not having any other background in film). He definitely is an interesting character.

However, when I got my "diploma" for being a producer (!), it had someone else's name on it!

DOH!