slides (max. 7) to support your presentation. “ARUNDEL PARTNERS: THE SEQUEL PROJECT” State clearly all assumptions that you make and defend their choices whenever possible. 1. Why do the principals of Arundel Partners think they can make money buying movie sequel rights? Do you expect any major film studios to be interested in the sort of arrangement described in the case? Why do the partners want to buy a portfolio of sequel rights all at once rather than negotiating film-by-film to buy each? 2
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Arundel Partners: The Sequel project 1. Why do the principals of Arundel Partners think they can make money buying movie sequel rights? Why do the partners want to buy a portfolio of rights in advance rather than negotiating movie-by-movie to buy them? • The principals of Arundel Partners think they can make money buying movie sequel rights because they can use unpredictability of a movie’s success to their advantage. This can be done by exercising the right if the movie is a success or selling
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[Type the company name] | Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project | Advanced Corporate Finance Case Analysis I | ZUBOV‚Vasily 1072582 LI‚Xinyuan 05403613 WU‚Yun 08426959 LU‚Yuan 08426975 9/21/2009 | Executive summary In 1992‚ an unusual business idea came into the eye of David A. Davis‚ a movie industry analyst in Los Angeles. The idea is basically
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Ronald G. Buell III Professor Casamassima EMF 140 5/13/15 Final Paper: Abundance in Movie Remakes Each year hundreds of movies are released to the public for viewing in theaters to generate billions of dollars in profit. It just seems that as of late these movies aren’t necessarily “new”. Movie companies such as Disney‚ Pixar‚ Universal Studios‚ Warner Bro’s Studio‚ Paramount‚ Spyglass entertainment‚ Lionsgate‚ Columbia and Screen Gems have started to find a quicker‚ safer and cheaper alternative
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The Sequel Project Case Talking points Submitted by: Marc Brands‚ Hajime Tamachi‚ Rani Vainateya‚ Nobuyasu Sugimoto‚ Kunihiro Takahashi‚ Yasuhisa Tsurumi Our group performed a Monte Carlo simulation (attached spreadsheet). We have taken into consideration the data of all studios provided in Exhibit 7. We have assumed that the sequel production and success of the sequel is spread evenly across all the studios. We assume that the past data reflects the future probabilities of sequel production
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The Sequel Project 1. Executive Summary “Nobody knows anything”. This famous line coined by William Goldman‚ a well known Hollywood screenwriter‚ simply but honestly sums up the movie industry. Numerous academic studies have tried to gauge the determinants of movie success but have yet failed to deliver a satisfying answer. Ravid A. (1999) for example finds that neither stars nor big budgets contribute to profitability of a movie. This case study investigates the case of buying sequel rights
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Sequels to a movie are usually said to be bad by the critics. But this time the sequel blows the original out of the water. There were many differences in both‚ but some aspects were still the same. My friend told me that the first "Saw" was quite horrible‚ but I decided to see it for myself anyways. The plot to "Saw" was about a young man named Adam‚ played by Leigh Whannell‚ who wakes to find himself chained to a rusty pipe inside a dirty utility room. Chained to the opposite side of the room
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few problems that must be addressed in order for the idea to become reality. First‚ we will look at potential limited partners. More than likely general partners will not have experience or specialized knowledge in the movie industry. They do not currently see the value in sequel rights‚ how they will be able to make money off of these investments in the rights‚ or understand why studios would be willing to sell them. Then‚ we will address the timing of the offers and why it is so important‚ especially
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Watching movies has been one of the most popular forms of entertainment. Different people have different was to enjoy the movies. Some prefer going to the movie theaters while others like watching DVDs at home. From my point of view‚ the better place to view a movie is in theaters. There are three main reasons for my answer. Firstly‚ movie theaters are well equipped to give the best quality to viewers. It cannot be denied that theaters can bring viewers a more realistic sensation and more amazing
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the idea of purchasing the sequel rights associated with films produced by one or more major movie studios. Movie rights were to be purchased prior to films being made. Arundel wanted to determine if this innovative business strategy is viable by estimating the value of the sequel rights. 2. OBJECTIVE Our report aims to investigate the viability of the implementation of Arundel’s strategy in purchasing sequel rights to produce potential successful movie sequels. The discount cash flow (DCF)
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