Film Budgets Defined

Overview

The rise of independent film and film makers has lead many to confusion when it comes to using consistent nomenclature that accurately describes the budget ranges of films under consideration. Therefore, Imajilan™ provides this dictionary as a free industry tool to help all filmmakers and newcomers get on the same page when discussing film budgets.

All budgets names are independent of any form of distribution type.

Imajilan's™ Uniform Film & Video Budget Guide - 2017

Note: All budgets names are independent of any form of distribution type. (k = thousands, m = millions)

      #     BUDGET       RANGE
01     Nano                        $1 to $24.9k
     02     Micro                        $25k to $100k
     03     Mini                          $101k to $999k
     04     Low                  $1m to $7.9m
     06     Wildcat                     $8m to $19m
     07     Mid                           $20m to $50m
     08     High            $51m to $99m
     09     Studio or Mega       $100 up