# Movie Empire: Idle

> Movie Empire: Idle (iPhone/iPad app by SmartThings, TOO.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/movie-empire-idle/id6762468792 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [SmartThings, TOO](https://appshunter.io/developer/1894265833)
- Category: Games, Simulation
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 353 MB
- Languages: American English, Russian
- Released: 2026-09-17
- Data updated: 2026-10-25

## What is Movie Empire?

Movie Empire: Idle - build the greatest movie studio in history.

One empty lot, a handful of staff and a red carpet somewhere far ahead. Take over the whole filmmaking process and turn a bare building into a dream factory at the heart of a living city - hire the crew, equip every room, shoot films and keep earning while you're away. Alice, your studio assistant, shows you the ropes.

THE FULL PRODUCTION CYCLE
Every film passes through the whole studio. Furnish writers' rooms with typewriters, recording studios with grand pianos, dressing rooms for your actors and sound stages with props. Directors take the finished scripts to the film set, and every take turns into box office.

HIRE AND UPGRADE
Take on staff, watch them work and upgrade what they work with. Better equipment means faster shoots and bigger paydays, and every room you build up earns stars that bring you tickets.

SEVEN STAGES, ONE EMPIRE
When every room is at its best, renovate: the studio moves to a bigger stage, from a small office to a full-scale film lot surrounded by city streets. Each renovation wraps a film for your Filmography, with its own poster, title and box office - and every new round shoots its sequel.

A NEW PLAN EVERY DAY
Three fresh tasks each day, easy, medium and hard, each paying tickets. Close all three and the audience sends a box. Visit day after day and the daily reward keeps growing with your streak.

AWARDS
28 big goals across five categories, from opening rooms to collecting legendary items. Every tier pays tickets.

BOXES AND THE WARDROBE
Open boxes for wardrobe items, up to epic and legendary finds, and dress your crew for bigger earnings.

ON SET AND AROUND IT
Step behind the camera yourself in a quick shooting mini-game and catch lucky takes, welcome the investor who drops by with cash or tickets, and open the chest your crew fills with finds every 15 minutes.

EARN WHILE YOU'RE AWAY
Your studio keeps shooting while you rest. The safe collects the takings for up to 24 hours - come back, pour them into the next production and watch the numbers climb. Permanent upgrades stay with you through every renovation.

ISOMETRIC 3D
Detailed cartoon-style visuals with real sunlight, soft shadows and a city alive around your studio - close enough to admire every prop in every room of your growing empire.

Lights, camera, action.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Producer Pack | $0.99 | one-time |
| 100 Tickets | $0.99 | one-time |
| 255 Tickets | $1.99 | one-time |
| 520 Tickets | $3.99 | one-time |
| 1100 Tickets | $7.99 | one-time |
| 2700 Tickets | $17.99 | one-time |
| 5500 Tickets | $29.99 | one-time |
| Box Offer | $1.99 | one-time |
| Big Box Offer | $4.99 | one-time |
| Permanent Boost x2 | $4.99 | one-time |


## Is Movie Empire safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Movie Empire.

## Is Movie Empire legit?

Movie Empire: Idle has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Movie Empire is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5.3 — 2026-10-21

Update 1.5.3

Alice now shows new producers around stage 2 one step at a time.

• The chest, Daily plan, Awards and Producer Pack each appear together with Alice's tip about them, not all at once. Awards got a tip of their own.
• Not enough money to expand the studio yet? Tap Next and Alice will save up with you: "It'll wait for us."
• The tutorial now always counts as finished, so the chest, Daily plan and Awards always open.
• Your progress carries over as is.

### 1.5.2 — 2026-10-17

Update 1.5.2

A quiet week backstage: the crew tuned the studio's ties with the outside world, so word of your next premieres travels further.

• Your studio, your films and your progress stay exactly as you left them.

### 1.5.1 — 2026-10-09

Updates 1.4.6, 1.5.0 and 1.5.1

Your studio moves into a living city, keeps a record of every film it makes and starts each day with a plan.

• Daily plan: three new tasks every day, easy, medium and hard, each paying tickets. Close all three and the audience sends a box. A morning notification lets you know the new plan is ready.
• Don't fancy a task? Swap it for a short video.
• Awards: 28 big goals for the studio in five categories, with tickets for every tier. Everything you achieved before the update already counts.
• Filmography: every studio renovation wraps a film with its own poster, title and box office, and the next round shoots its sequel.
• Producer Pack: a one-time offer of 300 tickets, a large box and Earnings ×2 for 24 hours. It stays in the corner of the screen for 72 hours.
• A new look on all seven stages: the sun casts real shadows, corners soften and colors are easier on the eyes.
• From stage 2 on, the studio stands in a real city: busy blocks, life on the streets, passing cars, haze on the horizon and clouds drifting by.
• The camera pulls back further, so even the biggest stage fits on screen. The map follows your finger exactly, glides on after a swipe and stops calmly at the edge instead of shaking.
• Tapping a workstation no longer zooms the camera in.
• On stages 6 and 7 every spot on set finally has its director, and half the directors on stage 7 now work right next to the film set. The late stages earn noticeably more.
• Late-stage upgrades that powered the wrong room now boost their own.
• An upgraded wardrobe item stays on after the upgrade.
• Cars no longer flicker or hang in the air, and the crew finds its way around after a renovation.
• Busy stages run smoother.
• When the safe fills up, the notification tells you how much is waiting inside.

### 1.4.5 — 2026-09-28

Update 1.4.5

Fairer prices, and a chest that never comes up empty.

• The price on the buy button now shows your own currency sign — tenge, hryvnia, won, lira, zloty and the rest — instead of an empty square. Where a sign has nowhere to come from, the price says the currency outright: 199 THB.
• Ticket bundles are priced properly in every country: the bigger the bundle, the better the deal, wherever you play.
• The chest your crew fills every 15 minutes no longer hands you nothing when the studio was quiet — there is always a fee waiting inside.
• In the chest window the grey button collects your reward and the green one doubles it, just like everywhere else in the studio.

### 1.4.4 — 2026-09-24

Updates 1.4.2, 1.4.3 and 1.4.4

The studio explains itself better, the interface behaves predictably, and every bonus finally goes by one name.

• Alice points out the chest your crew fills every 15 minutes — and calls you when the gift is ready.
• Permanent upgrades unlock once you've saved 30 tickets, so there's always something worth buying.
• Tickets are no longer spent by a stray tap: the button reacts to the press and the purchase goes through when you lift your finger.
• Your offline earnings show up right away instead of waiting on a slow connection.
• The safe stops offering a reward of zero before your first room is bought.
• The "While you were away" window is tidier: even buttons, less empty space.
• "Welcome back" waits its turn instead of landing on top of the safe, and its panels no longer drift apart.
• The plus next to the ticket counter no longer reopens the shop.
• One consistent look: a single font across every window and lively wording instead of dry terms.
• Every bonus is now called the same thing: Earnings ×2. No more boosts, boosters or full houses hiding the very same thing.
• The takes you catch on set are lucky takes, what you open are boxes, and the 15-minute find is the next chest — spelled out in full, never abbreviated.
• You upgrade rooms now, you don't level them up: one verb across the whole studio.
• Short on tickets? The buy button simply dims instead of flashing a red price — and the daily reward mentions a restarted streak the same quiet way.
• Grey to collect, green to collect double: the same pair of buttons in every window.

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