The role of the film marketer is both vital and challenging. Promotion is one of the industry s biggest costs, with the campaign of a large film costing up to half its production budget. Box office results, however, are wildly unpredictable: relatively few films a year make a profit. These market conditions make this a unique industry and film marketing a specific and demanding skill set that requires attention early in the career of any marketing student looking to forge a career in this sector.

This new edition of Film Marketing is a thorough update of the first textbook...