# Movie Magic Budgeting Manual (Entertainment Partners, MMB 10)

- id: src_01M569MJBX94SDNWFV5KKZ1DND
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T04 · tags: level:established, kind:vendor-documentation, ecosystem:movie-magic, task:budgeting, task:chart-of-accounts
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:22:22.192Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569MJBX94SDNWFV5KKZ1DND

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.

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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.",
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  "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: https://mmb-docs.ep.com/Topsheet/Topsheet_Structure.html
- [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: https://mmb-docs.ep.com/Budget_Preferences/Budget_Prefs_Account_Coding.html
- [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: https://mmb-docs.ep.com/Setup/fringes.html
- [upstream_claim] A Variance column compares each row's current total with a saved Original value. · locator: Original & Variance Columns · source: https://mmb-docs.ep.com/Budget_Navigation/Orig_Var.html
- [upstream_claim] Templates keep the Chart of Accounts and tools but drop detail lines. · locator: Budget Templates · source: https://mmb-docs.ep.com/Projects_and_Budgets/templates.html
- [upstream_claim] Budgets export as MMB 7 or tab-delimited files for import to SmartAccounting or other accounting programs. · locator: Accounting Integrations · source: https://mmb-docs.ep.com/Projects_and_Budgets/accounting_integrations.html
- [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:
- documentation: license=unknown hosting=unknown redistribution=unknown modification=unknown training=unknown · 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. · evidence: https://mmb-docs.ep.com/

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