Freelance Feature

Target vs. Actual Costs

In Cinema Calc, you can easily compare target vs. actual costs within a calculation.

With just a few clicks, you can calculate the profit you've made on a film project.

Display Actual Costs

To display actual costs, simply activate the "Actual Costs" toggle in the top right corner.

Screenshot of the Cinema Calc app with a red box around the Actual Costs toggle in the top right

After that, a new input field and the profit per line will be displayed next to each calculation line. Cinema Calc also automatically calculates the total profit for each section and category.

Don't worry: if you toggle the switch back, your actual costs will be saved.

Calculate Profit

To calculate the profit, simply enter the actual amount paid for the item in the Actual Costs input field. If you overwrite the pre-entered actual cost value in a row, Cinema Calc will immediately show you the profit per line, section, category, and the total project profit.

Screenshot of the Cinema Calc app where you can see both the profit per line and the total profit of the project

Before overwriting, the target and actual cost values are "linked." This means that the profit per line remains zero until you decide to overwrite the pre-entered actual cost value.

Reset Actual Costs

If you want to reset the actual cost value to the target value, you need to delete your entry from the Actual Costs field.

Screenshot of an Actual Costs field where the dot next to the number is visible, indicating the activation of the link between target and actual costs

Then the Actual Costs field will show the target value again. Next to the Actual Costs field, you can see a small dot. This indicates that the target and actual cost fields are "linked" again.

Set Actual Costs to Zero

To set actual costs to zero, simply enter "0" in the Actual Costs field.

Screenshot of a row where the Actual Costs field shows 0.00€ and the profit is equal to the target value

The profit is then equal to your target value.

On Mobile

Of course, you can also compare target vs. actual costs on your smartphone.

Screenshot of the mobile view of Actual Costs

Here, the Actual Costs field is located below the Target Costs.

PDF Export and Future Outlook

Currently, there is no way to show the profit in the PDF export. We are working on this.

Feel free to contact our support if you have more helpful features in mind for this feature.

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