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Examples of direct negative costs include costs of story and scenario; compensation of cast, directors, producers, extras, and miscellaneous staff; costs of set construction and operations, wardrobe, and accessories; costs of sound synchronization; rental facilities on location; and postproduction costs such as music, special effects, and editing.\"><span>film costs</span></a>, <a href=\"/glossary/p/#participation-costs\" class=\"term\" title=\"Parties involved in the production of a film may be compensated in part by contingent payments based on the financial results of a film pursuant to contractual formulas (participations) and by contingent amounts due under provisions of collective bargaining agreements (residuals). Such parties are collectively referred to as participants, and such costs are collectively referred to as participation costs. Participations may be given to creative talent, such as actors or writers, or to entities from whom distribution rights are licensed.\"><span>participation costs</span></a>, and manufacturing costs.</div></div>","snippet":"The Entertainment—Films Topic provides accounting and reporting guidance for entities in the film production and distribution industry for film costs, participation costs, and manufacturing costs.","pending":false,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:ed9942f0b9312fe039ec3dd18b4899477bfa86a5d34d7dcfe159f8515a9bb366","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T02:11:28.929Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T02:11:28.929Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147483224","source_sha256":"8648846cf8adbe483ab593291a839ad6dee4126b91f084fd021d8e7851879177"}}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:2a652056d88ad73f0167b0b55f3a72a11cb417e134474b5a094ba03007f2aaea","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T02:11:28.929Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T02:11:28.929Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147483224","source_sha256":"8648846cf8adbe483ab593291a839ad6dee4126b91f084fd021d8e7851879177"}}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:07eebf75a27c2a3c03f261e8dba92d900bf2945e7102cb9ddb70e08486704aa8","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T02:11:28.929Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T02:11:28.929Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147483224","source_sha256":"8648846cf8adbe483ab593291a839ad6dee4126b91f084fd021d8e7851879177"}},"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:07eebf75a27c2a3c03f261e8dba92d900bf2945e7102cb9ddb70e08486704aa8","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T02:11:28.929Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T02:11:28.929Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147483224","source_sha256":"8648846cf8adbe483ab593291a839ad6dee4126b91f084fd021d8e7851879177"}}