# Premium Movie Channels and Residuals

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premium-movie-channels-and-residuals/457520>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 23, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premium-movie-channels-and-residuals/457520 "2008-07-23T19:13:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premium-movie-channels-and-residuals/457520/1 "2008-07-23T19:13:24Z")

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So it’s common knowledge the studio as well as other folks who have a percentage of a movie get paid based on box office reciepts. I’m pretty sure they get a take of the DVD sales and as well.

What about showings on premium movie channels? I know that channels like HBO might show a particular movie 20 times over the course of a month. Do the people who own a percentage of a movie get paid each time it shows? Does HBO just pay a single “volume use” fee for a set period of time and the cut comes from that?

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**Author:** ![ChrisBooth12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premium-movie-channels-and-residuals/457520/2 "2008-07-23T19:26:54Z")

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just a WAG but i would assume “officially” they get paid per showing. but in practice they probably have a contract set up for X showings at $XXX a showing and get one big fat check at once.