{{Short description|Expenses of film production}} {{distinguish|Negative pricing}} '''Negative cost''' is the net expense to produce and shoot a film, excluding such expenditures as distribution and promotion.<ref>''Barnes & Noble Glossary'' http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/glossary.asp?z=y<R=N&TRM=1007105Retrieved 2007-02-12 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090731170437/http://video.barnesandnoble.com/search/glossary.asp?z=y<R=N&TRM=1007105 |date=2009-07-31 }}</ref>
Low-budget movies, for example ''The Blair Witch Project'', can have promotional expenses that are much larger than the negative cost.<ref>''IMDb Explanation for differences in reported budget'' https://www.imdb.com/help/show_leaf?boxofficedifferentRetrieved 2007-02-12 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307060916/http://www.imdb.com/help/show_leaf?boxofficedifferent |date=2016-03-07 }}</ref>
The term comes from the costs up to the production of the final negative.
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==External links== * [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/aug/31/artsfeatures 'We call it martian accounting'], Gary Susman, ''The Guardian'', 31 August 2001 * [https://www.imdb.com/Glossary/N IMDb Glossary - N] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109181238/http://www.imdb.com/glossary/N |date=2017-11-09 }}
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