Production finance control for modern film & TV

The missing layer between approved budgets and real-world production finance.

Hollywood Budgets connects structured budgeting, cashflow, rebates, carbon and live cost tracking in one secure cloud platform built for production companies, finance teams and studio reporting environments.

Budget → Cost → Cashflow continuity
Secure multi-user collaboration
Carbon tracking & offset ready
Rebate-ready structure
No credit card required. Start with budgeting, then scale into cashflow, cost tracking and enterprise controls.
One connected production finance platform
Budget · Cost Tracker · Cashflow · Carbon · Governance
Works with approved legacy budgets
Budget
Approved · Structured
Cost tracking
Live · Variances tracked
Cashflow
Forecasting in sync
Controls
Roles · Access · Audit ready
Built for production accountants, finance teams and studio reporting workflows.
Why productions move to Hollywood Budgets

One continuous system from budget approval to final delivery.

Replace disconnected spreadsheets and static files with a structured platform that keeps budget, cost tracking, cashflow and episodic reporting in sync.

Built for real-world production finance — not static budgeting files.
Cashflow

Integrated cashflow from day one

Build your budget and generate your initial cashflow in the same platform. Issue revised cashflows instantly as production evolves — without rebuilding spreadsheets.

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No separate Excel models. No version chaos.
Rebates

Rebate-ready views built into the budget

Clean qualifying / non-qualifying separation is embedded at source. Generate rebate-ready grid views instantly without manual restructuring.

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Built for productions where incentives matter.
Cost tracking

Cost tracking / actualisations in one place

Track actuals, forecast variances, and revise estimates to complete inside the same structured environment that holds your budget.

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No rebuilding models mid-production.
Carbon

Carbon & Sustainability

Integrated carbon tracking, variance visibility, and automated offset costs built directly into your production budget.

Sustainability stays visible inside the same workflow as budget, variance and reporting.
Carbon blog

Why carbon matters in production finance

Productions are under growing pressure to reduce emissions and report their environmental impact. Hollywood Budgets keeps carbon visible inside everyday budgeting rather than pushing it into a separate system.

  • Estimate carbon inside the budgeting workflow
  • Highlight high-impact decisions early
  • Support studio, network and funding expectations
How it works

Carbon estimates, variance and offset charges

Carbon-aware columns in Details view behave like financial variance columns. They show estimated impact, track changes between versions and can apply an optional carbon cost when an offset rate is set.

  • Carbon Estimate
  • Carbon Variance
  • Carbon Cost
  • Automatic offset updates as budgets change
Best practice

Use carbon data to drive better decisions

Review carbon estimates early, compare versions and focus on categories like travel, generators, construction and freight. Carbon data also flows into exports, reports, variance summaries and version comparisons.

A practical, lightweight approach to greener filmmaking without a separate carbon-tracking system.
Zero disruption

Import or start fresh — your choice.

Hollywood Budgets operates alongside existing industry tools. Import a locked Movie Magic Budget and begin cost tracking immediately — or start in HB for full financial control.

Works within established production finance ecosystems without forcing disruption.

Import locked Movie Magic Budget

Keep your approved Movie Magic Budget as the financial source of truth, then layer on live cost tracking, cashflow and reporting in HB.

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Zero disruption. Maximum flexibility.

Start in Hollywood Budgets

Build structured budgets directly in HB and unlock full continuity from budget to cost report to cashflow and episodic reporting.

  • Structured topsheet / account / detail framework
  • Centralised rate & fringe control
  • Embedded rebate architecture
  • Dynamic account reporting layer
Episodic control

Built to handle episodic budgets at scale.

Hollywood Budgets eliminates common episodic workarounds by supporting native episode coding within a unified structure — no pattern budgets, no amort duplication, no manual reconciliation.

Combine episodic architecture with Dynamic Account View and cost tracking for unmatched visibility from topsheet to detail level.

Episodic budgeting with a grand total

Assign spend directly to specific episodes inside one structured budget. See true per-episode and series totals instantly — without separate amort models.

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Episodic budgeting view with episode filter, CU/LO/EPS/DETL/SET rows, and series totals.
  • Episodic reporting without pattern budgets
  • Episodic cost tracking / actualisations
  • Drill-down and filter on episode at detail level
  • No need to run 12 separate cost reports

Dynamic Account View

Large accounts with hundreds of detail lines can be summed by Cu, Lo, Eps, Set — without altering your underlying structure.

Drill down and filter detail-level rows based on Cu, Lo, Eps, Set for precision cost reporting at production scale.

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Cashflow

Cashflow shouldn’t live in Excel.

Build production cashflows directly from your structured budget, then revise forecasts in seconds as production changes — without version chaos.

Studios expect real cashflow visibility. Excel can’t deliver it at scale.

Initial cashflow modelling

Generate your initial cashflow directly from the approved budget. Keep assumptions transparent and aligned with production reality.

Revised cashflows in seconds

Adjust forecasts mid-production without rebuilding spreadsheets. Update once, and keep budget, cost report and cashflow in sync.

Budget → Cost → Cashflow continuity

One system. No duplication. No version chaos. Hollywood Budgets is built for real-world production finance — not static budgeting files.

The production engine behind Hollywood Budgets

Structured, rebate-ready, episodic-aware by design.

A familiar topsheet / account / detail hierarchy with enforced structural integrity, centralised rate control and native episodic coding — built to meet studio-level reporting expectations.

Built for local or international productions, aligned with modern studio production finance workflows.

Structured framework

  • Structured topsheet / account / detail level
  • Enforced structural integrity
  • Designed to integrate with existing ecosystems

Control & incentives

  • Centralised rate & fringe control
  • Qualifying spend classified at source
  • Rebate-ready architecture baked into the budget

Reporting & security

  • Dynamic account reporting layer
  • Native episodic coding
  • Secure cloud infrastructure with role-based access
End-to-end visibility

From budget approval to final delivery — one continuous system.

Hollywood Budgets connects structured budgeting, live cost tracking, dynamic cashflow forecasting, episodic control and advanced account reporting inside one integrated financial platform.

Topsheet / account / detail familiarity · Native episodic architecture · Dynamic account reporting · Integrated cashflow engine · Rebate-ready structure.
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Integrated view showing budget structure, cost tracking, cashflow forecasting, and episodic controls.
Pricing

Start with budgeting. Scale into production finance control.

Choose the plan that matches your workflow today — from solo budget building to multi-user production finance and studio-grade governance.

All plans include a 14-day free trial. Upgrade as your productions, team and reporting needs grow.
Freelancer
$9.95
per week · billed monthly
For development budgeting, structured builds and independent production planning.
  • Built-in carbon calculator with carbon offset charge
  • Consolidate or split accounts by Cu, Loc, Eps, Sets
  • Globals for weeks, multipliers and rates
  • Fringes for payroll and taxes
  • Groups for rebates and cost aggregation
  • Location, Episode and Set codes
  • Charges based on percentage or flat rates
  • Credits for rebates and net budget totals
  • Costs to Date globals
  • Multi-currency
  • Excel export
  • Version control
  • Unlimited productions
  • Unlimited budget size
  • Standard reports
  • Academy training with certification
  • Forum support
Freelancer Pro
$24.95
per week · billed monthly
For budgeting plus cashflow visibility when production planning gets real.
  • Everything in Freelancer +
  • Cashflow
  • Email support
Enterprise
Custom
studio & portfolio pricing
For studios and larger production groups needing SSO, MFA, governance and portfolio visibility.
  • Everything in Production +
  • Portfolio dashboards
  • Studio template enforcement
  • SSO
  • MFA
  • API integrations
  • Advanced user access & controls
  • Dedicated support
  • SLA guarantees
Most teams start with Freelancer Pro, then add Production when cost tracking begins.
Start simple. Upgrade when you need collaboration, controls and live production reporting.
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

A few of the most common questions about Hollywood Budgets. Reach out if you need more detail.

Next steps

Choose how you move forward.

Start in Hollywood Budgets for full cashflow control — or import your locked Movie Magic Budget and elevate your cost tracking instantly.

Start in HB or Import & Track — both paths include a 14-day free trial.
No credit card required. Keep your existing workflows while gaining real-time financial visibility.
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Enterprise controls

Enterprise-ready controls for productions, companies and studios.

Hollywood Budgets supports secure multi-user collaboration with role-based access, identity controls and studio-grade governance features designed for larger production teams.

Built to support production companies, finance teams and studio reporting environments.

Identity & access

Single Sign-On and MFA support help larger organisations align Hollywood Budgets with internal identity and security requirements.

Multi-user collaboration

Work across budgets, cashflows and cost tracking with multiple users in one controlled environment instead of circulating files.

User roles & controls

Apply advanced user access, permissions and audit visibility so productions can separate responsibilities across finance, production and studio stakeholders.