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How long is the average Hollywood movie shoot?Ī major Hollywood production will have many teams filming footage for the final movie. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Fantasy movies take the longest to plan (189 days) while romance movies were much quicker (92 days). During pre-production, every detail of the shoot is researched and planned out… well, in theory, at least!Īcross all the movies studied, the average movie spent 146 days in pre-production. Once the money and key creatives (normally director, producer(s) and the top few actors) are in place then the movie will be greenlit and it moves into pre-production. How long does pre-production last for the average Hollywood studio movie? For example, Disney has already announced their new titles for the next three years, including Gigantic, which will be released on 25th November 2020.Īcross all Hollywood studio movies, the average time between the first announcement and eventual release date is 871 days – or two years, four months and nineteen days.Ĭomedies have the shortest pre-release announcement at 755 days while Adventure films are announced a whopping 1,103 days before they’re in cinemas – almost exactly three years. If you’re a fan of major Hollywood studio movies then you may have become accustomed to having to wait a long time between when you first hear about a new movie and when it’s finally in cinemas. How long between a movie’s announcement and its theatrical release? Pre-production took 146 days, principal photography took 106 days and post-production began 301 days before the movie hit the big screen.
Let’s start our journey looking at the average for all movies, and then break it down by genre and script source.Īcross all these movies, the average production was announced 871 days before it was eventually in cinemas. How long does it take to make a Hollywood movie? (See the notes section at the end of this article for clarification and caveats on the process and data). Release – The North American theatrical release date when it’s shown in cinemas to the paying public.
This is usually directly after all of the major scenes have been shot.
Post-production – The first day of post-production.Shoot starts – The first day of principal production when the first scenes are filmed.Pre-production – The first day of pre-production, the process by which the film’s shoot is planned.Where we collected both bits of information, I opted for the earlier of these two dates. Often this is when the industry announces that the script has been optioned, but could also be when the mainstream press are told that the film will be made. Announcement – The date when it’s publicly announced that the film will be made.We then scoured trades and traditional press outlets to find the earliest date for the following key milestones: We built a database of 782 live-action studio-produced feature films, all of which were released domestically between 20, inclusive. We looked at the key dates behind Hollywood studio movies in order to work out roughly how long the average Hollywood movie takes to make. Today’s topic is one I’ve had on my ‘to do’ list for a while and it took the help of four students to gather all the data.
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