IMAX & Film Reporting in Altru

“My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die!” –William Goldman, The Princess Bride

If you are asking yourself, what is The Princess Bride, then you MUST run to Film Streams to watch the next showing of this classic film from the 80’s. If you’re into Great White Sharks or Mysteries of the Unseen World, check out the show times at Discovery Place IMAX. Want to see a movie still in theatres? Check out Jurassic World at The World Golf Hall of Fame or Inside Out at Bob Bullock IMAX Theatre.

Altru customers like Discovery Place, Film Streams Theatre, World Golf Hall of Fame, and Bob Bullock offer a wide variety of genres to fit every audience drawing crowds from all over. While this is an additional revenue stream for some organizations, it does bring on an additional task of reporting. Most organizations that run IMAX or other films are required to report attendance & revenue on a weekly or monthly basis. This means that most of these organizations are gathering the same data month over month. Let’s share some of the information vendors require and how to obtain that information in Altru.

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2. Daily Attendance for each IMAX/film – Most vendors require the daily attendance by price type. To get this information, start off with a sales order query. Using this screenshot, configure the query and adjust the fields as needed for your organization. For example, you may use program category but the category name might be different.
   
3. Daily Revenue for each IMAX/film – Along with the daily attendance, vendors need to see the accompanying daily revenue for each film.
   
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   2. Daily Revenue - http://screencast.com/t/Li6hjryxYCS
      
   3. Revenue by Price Type - http://screencast.com/t/TqCn49PXbm
      
   4. Revenue by Payment Method - http://screencast.com/t/nm1JZjlaB
      
   
   
   
4. Comp Tickets Used – It’s important to report the number of comps or discounts given by film. This sales order query will pull # of tickets where a comp/discount was applied. http://screencast.com/t/VTc18kxJt
   
5. # showings per month – Not all vendors require this but you might to report on the # of showings per film each month. This sales order query will give you that information. http://screencast.com/t/cDjzo5gDgOcr
   

We also have some information documented in our Knowledgebase about how to report on these types of events and the associated revenue. For those organizations that might not need this level of detail but do want to report on the unearned revenue for an event, check out this article.

If you’re in the area or looking for your next road trip, catch a film or IMAX screening at one of the amazing organizations listed below:

Bob Bullock (Austin, TX)
Discovery Place (Charlotte, NC)
Film Streams (Omaha, NE)
World Golf Hall of Fame (St. Augustine, FL)