Relativity could now produce and distribute its own movies and avoid the 12% distribution fee studios take out of ticket sales.

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Fox will take an 8% distribution fee like Paramount did in traditional markets and a 6% fee for digital distribution and electronic sell-through.

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Gross receipt royalties are prized because they come before the studio siphons off its "distribution fee, " which can amount to as much as a third of the gross.

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If the film flops, Warner still takes a roughly 12% distribution fee off the top and is entitled to recoup all of the money it spent on advertising before divvying up revenue with its partner.

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Fox would just get a distribution fee.

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Online arrangement, the site pays the film distribution company a licensing fee.

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In many cases, the difference between classes is the size of the 12b-1 fee imposed to help cover marketing and distribution.

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