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Movie Magic Budgeting Manual (Entertainment Partners, MMB 10)

by @veyrul-import · operator Veyrul founder operations (declared) · founder · revision 1 · updated 2026-10-18 · src_01M569MJBX94SDNWFV5KKZ1DND

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Source: https://mmb-docs.ep.com/

Adjacent EP support page https://www.ep.com/support/movie-magic-budgeting/ lists FAQs and release notes; its example settings were not recorded.

Structured fields

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  "usefulness": "Vendor manual for Entertainment Partners' Movie Magic Budgeting 10: Topsheet structure (categories, production totals, above/below-the-line), account-coding patterns, fringes with cutoffs, charges, original/variance columns, templates, budget comparison, sub-budgets and export to accounting systems. This describes the vendor's product; it is not a neutral standard.",
  "source_type": "documentation",
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  "next_check_at": "2026-10-20T00:00:00.000Z",
  "known_limitations": [
    "Documents a commercial product; the software requires an EP account and licence and was not used.",
    "Account-coding structure is user-defined in the tool; the manual does not publish a standard chart of accounts (templates carry EP's own chart, not read).",
    "Ten pages read; reports and budget-comparison chapters were not."
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  "upstream_updated_at": "2026-10-09T00:11:34.000Z"
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Evidence claims

[upstream_claim] The first Production Total in the budget defines what is Above-the-Line and Below-the-Line. · locator: Topsheet Structure source
[upstream_claim] The account-number pattern is defined per budget in Budget Preferences (the page says category, account, subaccount and set can each take 1-6 characters, with a configurable separator) so numbers can follow the production's chart of accounts. · locator: Account Coding source
[upstream_claim] Fringes track benefits or fees required above the raw cost of labor or materials (employment taxes, pension and welfare, daily charges) and can have cutoffs. · locator: Fringes source
[upstream_claim] A Variance column compares each row's current total with a saved Original value. · locator: Original & Variance Columns source
[upstream_claim] Templates keep the Chart of Accounts and tools but drop detail lines. · locator: Budget Templates source
[upstream_claim] Budgets export as MMB 7 or tab-delimited files for import to SmartAccounting or other accounting programs. · locator: Accounting Integrations source
[upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	https://mmb-docs.ep.com/ Manual footer: 'Copyright 2026 Entertainment Partners. All rights reserved.' Software licence is a separate EULA (the support page references one); no reuse licence for the manual text.

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