On-date and off-date
Each booking shows whether a cinema plays from the national opening or later, so holdovers and KDM windows match the release plan.
United Kingdom
Built for UK film distribution
DISTmio runs Friday-to-Thursday bookings with on-date and off-date, stepped terms and the Monday holdover board, and gives your accountant files for Xero, Sage 50 or QuickBooks.
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Local rules
What a UK distributor needs
BBFC and IFCO ratings
Films carry BBFC ratings per version, and IFCO for Ireland, printed on booking confirmations with a warning when one is missing.
Friday cinema week
Booking grids, play weeks and the Monday holdover board run Friday to Thursday.
UK and Ireland together
If you release in both, each film shows one combined card of UK and Irish results.
UK settlement
Net box office, settled week by week
DISTmio removes VAT from gross box office and applies your terms for each cinema week: a share that steps down by week, a house nut, a flat fee or a guarantee. Cinema statements are compared with these figures before you approve.
- Terms cascade from company to single booking
- Differences flagged against your tolerance
- Disputes tracked per settlement
- Gross box office
- Less 20% VAT
- Net box office
- Weekly share or house nut
- Guarantee or flat fee
- Rent invoice, 20% VAT
BFI and funding
Grant reports by region from your data
For BFI-supported releases, DISTmio builds the grant report by region from your bookings and results, with the BFI template and an optional cost justification.
- BFI template, grouped by region
- Cinemas, screenings, admissions and box office
- Cost justification attached when needed
BFI
Grant report by region
Per supported release
PDF · CSV
Grant report by region
| Region | Admissions | Screenings | Box office |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 19,840 | 402 | £37,080 |
| Scotland | 7,260 | 164 | £13,005 |
| North West | 8,930 | 196 | £15,615 |
Invoicing and accounting
Files for Xero, Sage 50 and QuickBooks
Invoices go to Xero, Sage 50 or QuickBooks with the HMRC monthly rate on foreign-currency invoices, and payments come back from your bank statements.
- Xero, Sage 50 and QuickBooks
- Peppol BIS 3.0 e-invoices
- HMRC monthly exchange rate on each invoice
Peppol BIS 3.0
Invoice DM/2025/042
- Payer
- Cinema example
- Film
- The Northern Lights
- Rent
- £11,178
- VAT
- £2,236
- Due date
- 16 Apr
- E-invoice
- Peppol
Online payment link
Xero
Sage 50
QuickBooks
FreeAgent
Odoo
Peppol
Cinema week
Play weeks from Friday to Thursday
The booking grid, on-date and off-date and the Monday holdover board follow the Friday week, and a holdover decision extends the booking and orders new KDMs together.
- Monday holdover board with your thresholds
- Clean and split plays per booking
- One-click extension with new KDMs
- Mon
- Tue
- Wed
- Thu
- Fri
- Sat
- Sun
Questions
UK: common questions
Can our accountant keep using Xero or Sage?
Yes. Invoices and payments go to Xero, Sage 50 or QuickBooks, so nothing is typed twice.
Does DISTmio handle Irish cinemas too?
Yes. Irish cinemas get IFCO ratings and the Irish ticket VAT of 13.5%, and a combined card shows UK and Irish results for each film.
How do statements from cinemas get in?
Upload the file, or let cinemas send it through the cinema portal. Each statement is matched to its booking and compared with your terms.
United Kingdom
See DISTmio with your UK releases
We set up a demo with your films, your cinemas and a Friday cinema week.
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