2010 – the year by numbers

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Mike Riddell

1 Jan – 2.5 terabytes of data on the appropriately named ‘Moon drive’

100 days (or thereabouts) in the edit suite – hats off to Paul Maxwell

$340k – total shoot budget for a feature film

$130k – cost of post production

$445k – amount contributed by private investors

$25k – contribution from NZFC

20 March – screening of rough cut at the Academy cinema Auckland and in Birmingham

170 – audience for the rough cut

30 June – post finished at Images & Sound

17 July – premiere at NZ Film Festival in Sky City Theatre

700 – audience at premiere (sold out)

7 October – beginning of theatrical release in NZ

11 October – gala premiere in London

18 October – gala premiere in London

11 weeks in distribution in NZ

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One Comment

  1. Luke says:

    “The moon is so big!
    It’s bigger than the room even!”
    something we were told by a toddler when we were toddlers.
    my brothers loved to recount this one.. it became a great family joke .
    The moon is bigger than the room!
    even bigger than the sky theatre

    January 5th, 2011 at 10:12 am ()

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