Contraband – Ticketed VR cinema for indie and AI-made films

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People who makes films don't have it easy. In a typical scenario - the team that produced the film makes 15% of the topline revenues. The Distributor takes 35%. And the theatre (the exhibitor) takes 50%.So even in a scenario like Obsession where the movie is making a rocket ride, the filmmakers were capped at $50M (15M upfront + 15%). The Distributors and theatres get the upside of the $330 million.In the startup world, we get upset about appstores charging 30% :)The situation gets worse for Indie films and more so for people who are using AI tools to tell stories. Films that got made, got finished, and then have nowhere to go because the distribution infrastructure wasn't built for them. Th

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