Due to the popularity of an earlier post about the economic impact of one film that spent $20.2 million over 93 days filming in Los Angeles in 2009, we decided to make a series out of it. This is the second post in the series.
From April to June 2010, this one major motion picture filmed in Los Angeles and spent $18,873,528 over 75 days. For confidentiality reasons, the name of the name of the film has been withheld. The following is a detailed breakdown of how that money was spent:
| Hotel room days: 291 |
$28,401 |
| Car rental days: 364 |
$15,640 |
| Catering, bakery goods & other food items |
$510,050 |
| Hardware & lumber supplies |
$234,302 |
| Secretarial personnel, equipment (Xerox, phones etc) |
$310,568 |
| Local wardrobe purchased |
$354,884 |
| Dry cleaning |
$34,076 |
| Gasoline |
$135,040 |
| Location fees public |
$181,661 |
| Location fees private |
$1,379,472 |
| City, county and other governmental permit fees |
$6,800 |
| Off-duty personnel (police, fire etc) |
$121,604 |
| Local extras hired |
$895,641 |
| Local security hired |
$165,770 |
| Per Diem payments |
$117,948 |
| Local hires (carpenters, electricians etc.) |
$11,812,526 |
| Other rentals |
$1,722,773 |
| Other purchases: |
$846,382 |
| GRAND TOTAL SPENT: |
$18,873,538 |
Days on location:
Prep/construction: 51; Shoot: 53; Wrap/strike: 25
Overall shoot days at all locations for project: 75
Number of Local Hires:
Cast:56; Crew: 619; Extras (in man/days): 2776
Clearly, the economic impact of just a portion of the spending for one major film has a massive impact that ripples throughout the California economy. Moreover, because of the deep infrastructure, over 92% of all money spent is sourced right here in California. The next time you see a shoot taking place in your community, please try and remember how much Film Works for California.