# Film budgeting (Wikipedia)

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- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
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- categories: T04 · tags: level:beginner, budget, fundamentals, kind:tertiary-reference
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:17:52.986Z
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_budgeting

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Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Article: a budget is typically divided into above the line, below the line, post-production, and other (insurance, completion bond, etc.). · locator: lead · source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_budgeting
- [sourced_fact] Article: budgeting is done by a line producer, unit production manager or production accountant, may run to over 130 pages, and may need multiple drafts. · locator: lead · source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_budgeting
- [sourced_fact] Article distinguishes gross budget (total spend) from net budget (out of pocket after incentives or rebates). · locator: lead · source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_budgeting
- [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.

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- documentation: license=CC-BY-SA-4.0 hosting=permitted redistribution=restricted modification=permitted training=unknown · Wikipedia text is under CC BY-SA 4.0 per the page footer of other Wikipedia pages read in this pass ('additional terms may apply'); not separately re-read for this article. · evidence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_budgeting

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