Case Assignment Due: March 23‚ 2009 Case: “Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project‚” HBS‚ Case # 9-292-140‚ Revised 12/92. Main Question: Is $2million per movie a fair price? Why or why not? Additional Questions 1. Provide a brief overview of the proposed venture. Clearly describe the relevant time line. 2. Why do the proponents of this venture believe that Arundel Partners can make money buying movie sequel rights? Why do they propose buying a portfolio of rights rather than
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EF5052 INVESTMENTS CASE 3 Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project GROUP 8 : Ngai Chiu Wing Edward / 51042814 Ng Cheuk Yiu Hugo / 50649257 Lau Chau Nan‚ Evelyn / 9700 4330 Kuo‚ Constantino / 5106 4265 Pang Hhong Yu‚ Francesca / 50191000 Ng Ka to‚ Irin / 9747 5858 Suen Hung Kit‚ Philip / 5114 4321 Kuok‚ Kenneth / 5101 2428 Estimate the per-film value of a portfolio of sequel rights such as Arundel proposes to buy. You will try two different methods to solve this problem: some appropriate
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popular ways to entertaining our self. There are two ways to watching movie‚ going to cinema or watching at home. There are some similarities watching movie at cinema and watching movie at home. We can bring our friends and family to watching movie at cinema or watching movie at home. We can bring our friends and family to cinema but we must book the seats early. If we watching movie alone we will feel lonely and not enjoying the movie. By watching with our friends and family will make us more happiness
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case-report should be submitted FIN 6425 – “Arundel Case” Guidelines Nimalendran In this case‚ a movie industry analyst is asked to evaluate a proposed venture in which a group of partners would purchase the sequel rights to movies produced by the major studios. Your objective is to 1) discuss and evaluate the basic concept; 2) determine the value of the sequel rights on a per-movie basis; 3) evaluate the possible upside and potential drawbacks to the proposed plan. As you will see‚ the
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company with no experience in the movie industry whatsoever‚ one reason for them to buy the rights to create sequels would be to exploit a possible arbitrage in between the price they would pay for an option to sequels and its real value. Therefore valuing the said option correctly is of the most importance. 1.2 We believe that portfolio negotiation rather than on a film-by-film basis will level the playing field. Since the partners do not have experience in the movie making industry and those on the
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Naqvi Omer Akif Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project If the first movie was a success they would exercise their right and make the sequel or sell it to the highest bidder. Otherwise they would just write it off their investment schedule. The chances of making a profitable business would largely depend on a good estimate of the rights present value at the contract date. To less would not tempt the studios (inquiries indicated not less than USD 2 million per movie) and too much would not make the business
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A Survey of Movie Background and Objectives: With the developing of society ‚ movie has been a kind of indispensable entertainment for human beings ‚ in order to catch up with the society ‚ movie also is developing very fast now ‚especially the western movies ‚ the Hollywood . So a survey has been conducted and we wrote a report on the basis of the report about: a) Search the degree of they loving movie. b) Find out what attract people to go to see a movie. c) Collect
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forces have challenged the movie industry? The movie industry is challenged by increased levels of high-speed Internet access‚ improved PCs with DVD readers and writers‚ easy-to-carry video devices‚ and leading-edge file-sharing services. These forces make the video download easier and faster than ever before. 2) What problems have these forces created? Meanwhile‚ benefits are not the only things came with these competitive forces‚ problems came as well. The movie industry has a recession.
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spoof of a superhero movie with incredibly immature humor. Tallerico tries to make the argument that Deadpool is just another superhero movie with a basic origin story‚ but in reality‚ the comedic genius of Deadpool has sparked a new genre of superhero movies that we eventually saw again with Suicide Squad‚ which wasn’t as successful. It did prove‚ though‚ there is a demand for superhero movies that don’t take themselves too seriously. I find it interesting that this movie got pretty mixed reviews
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Cinema Originality‚ Where did it go? In the recent years‚ I feel as though I have not seen an original movie. I am constantly frustrated with the obscene number of remakes‚ sequels‚ prequels‚ spin-offs‚ and movies based on other things like video games. I think the worst kind of unoriginal movie is the remake. It literally takes a pinkie’s worth of thought to remake a movie. The movie company also has less to worry about money-wise because there is already a built in audience with people who
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