# Movie Business — Film studio management game

> Film studio management simulation game covering cinema history. (iPhone/iPad app by Julien Percot.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/movie-business/id6450934923 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Julien Percot](https://appshunter.io/developer/617652924)
- Category: Games, Simulation
- Price: $3.99
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 24 App Store ratings · 16 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.2 · 159 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish
- Released: 2023-09-03
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/movie-business/id6450934923/reviews.md

## What is Movie Business?

Create your own film studio and experience the history of cinema from 1927 to the present day.

CREATE GREAT FILMS
Choose a genre, a topic and a environment.
Emphasize suspense, action, emotion or humor.
Recruit the writer, director and actors.
Split your budget between sets, costumes, music and special effects.
Make the right decisions during the 5 phases of film creation (initialization, development, pre-production, production and post-production).

THE BEST FILMS EARN MORE
Plan your marketing campaign and wait for the first reviews from journalists.
Earn money and win awards.

IMPROVE YOUR STUDIO
Invest in your studio to boost team performance.

LIVE CINEMA HISTORY
From 1927 to the present day, relive the great moments of cinema and take your place alongside the greatest.

## Key features

- Create films with custom genres, topics, and environments
- Recruit writers, directors, and actors
- Manage film budgets and production phases
- Plan marketing campaigns and analyze reviews
- Invest in studio improvements
- Experience cinema history from 1927 onwards

## Recent user reviews (10 of 16)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/movie-business/id6450934923/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Music Business Record Label Management Game

*2024-12-28*

Please!!! Make A Music Version I Would Love To Play It

### 5/5 — Amazing game, difficult at start

*2024-10-24*

If I could give it a 4.5/5 I would, but I can’t. Overall, great game, worth the price tag. If you play on any difficulty other then easy the beginning portion is vary hard. Another issue is only having 1 save slot, if you want to make a new save you have to delete your other one. Its also a bit repetitive. The pros of the game is: it’s one of the best in its category,  the best movie studio game I’ve found. It’s worth the price, get it, (the free version locks the difficulty slider ☹️)

### 3/5 — Scratches an itch, but there’s a lot of improvements that can be made.

*2024-08-18*

The game in concept is fun, but there’s a few things I’d add or change:

• I should be able to start working on the next film or show once I release the previous. So as one is making money I’d already be in production on another.

• sequels should be allowed to swap genres and settings. Think Alien to Aliens or Terminator to Terminator 2. They swap from horror genres to action films for the sequels.

• there should be better records of actors and crew. Like if an actor does poorly or is awful to work with they should have a stat that tracks that.

• awards should boost film performances in theaters.

• more in depth gameplay in making the films. Like if I got to make tag lines for the marketing like Alien’s classic “in space no one can hear you scream”.

### 5/5 — Best Movie Maker game on the app store

*2024-07-21*

I love this game. If you want a movie maker simulator, this is the game you should get. But it could use some more features. Like a sandbox mode where you automatically have everything researched so you can make whatever type of movie that you want.

### 3/5 — Simple and boring

*2024-06-05*

I like the UI and graphics but the gameplay loop is lame; tap tap sort tap from list tap tap make number go higher a lil. That’s all, there’s nothing to work towards, only boring money sinks. The effectiveness of any player decision is completely left up to a guess even after the experiment is over. TLDR list pickin’ gameplay loop is not fun and there is no reason to play “100 in game years” for what amounts to incremental revenue gains. Again, UI, UX are phenomenal. Big kudos to animated revenue chart, that piece is the best part of the game. Needs more data though to make all the lame poking snd prodding at variables to be worth interactive time.

### 5/5 — Magnifique

*2024-05-21*

Encore un très bon jeu, mettre quelques euros dedans vaut le coût et n'est qu'une juste récompense pour tous les jeux gratuits et sans publicités offerts jusque là ❤️

### 3/5 — Would like to see awards reworked

*2024-03-28*

For a paid game I’d love to see the awards get reworked. One of my favorite things about this game is seeing your knowledge/work being paid off. The current awards/ceremony is very, very lack luster. The Oscars was introduced but it’s still called “Movie Awards” or something.. the name didn’t really stick. It’s all my movies being nominated but that doesn’t seem realistic. I don’t want to be handed accolades, I’d like to earn them. Let me see my competitors and see them win over over. I’d love to see if my screenwriters, directors and actors incurring for being in my movies. I would also like a trophy room to visit my accolades. There’s a history museum but it doesn’t even show what I’ve won? Or what movie won? No trophies or anything. The game is pretty fun, but the immersion for me is ruined when the awards is just a quick, tap through one off thing that doesn’t feel special at all and then right back into making movies. Explain to me how in my first year a movie I made that didn’t even earn the money back on was nominated and won? Feels like a handout.

### 4/5 — Pretty good!

*2024-03-26*

I’m really enjoying this game, there are a few things that keep it from being 5 stars. 1. I keep getting bad reviews because of my script, it will say things like “humor and drama don’t mix” when my movie doesn’t have humor. 2. More info on what the stats mean would be cool.

### 4/5 — Absolute must-buy for tycoon game fans

*2024-03-05*

If you love Kairosoft or Game Dev Tycoon, this is a worthy addition to your game collection.  
The portraits and posters are fantastic little touches that really make it special.

Question for developer:
Is there somewhere that explains what all those beautiful stats actually do?
The ? at upper left just gives a basic overview of the game.

### 4/5 — Love Love Love

*2024-02-01*

Needs more updates!

## Frequently asked questions about Movie Business

### What is Movie Business?

Movie Business is a paid simulation game where you manage a film studio, create movies, and experience cinema history from 1927 to the present day.

### How much does Movie Business cost?

Movie Business is a paid app priced at $3.99.

### What devices is Movie Business available on?

Movie Business is available on iPhone, iPad, and iPod.

### What is the age rating for Movie Business?

Movie Business has an age rating of 4+.

### How often is Movie Business updated?

The latest version, 1.18, was released on January 30, 2024. Updates are frequent, with the last one being recent.

### Does Movie Business have ads?

No, Movie Business does not contain advertisements.

### What is the user sentiment for Movie Business?

Movie Business has a strong rating of 4.5 stars from 21 ratings, indicating positive user sentiment.

### Can I play Movie Business offline?

The provided data does not specify if Movie Business supports offline play. However, its nature as a simulation game often allows for offline gameplay.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.18 — 2024-01-30

Various fixes and improvements

### 1.17 — 2024-01-10

Improved recruitment screen:
When creating a film sequel, the screenwriter, director and actors involved in the first film are highlighted.

### 1.16 — 2024-01-10

Movie creation times have been shortened, allowing you to earn research points and reputation points more quickly, and to have more candidate movies for end-of-year trophies.

Several minor bugs have also been fixed and a few minor improvements made.

### 1.15 — 2023-10-02

Fixed a bug affecting trophy titles and trophy points

### 1.14 — 2023-10-02

Fixed a bug in some award titles

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