Estimate the Budget of Your Project

Simplify your production budgeting process with Filmustage’s Budgeting Tool. Save time, reduce costs, and minimize errors by automating the budgeting process while retaining full control over your project’s financial planning.

Estimate cost fast and efficiently
Time Savings and Enhanced Financial Management

Estimate cost fast and efficiently

With an intuitive design that merges the clarity of classic templates with the flexibility of spreadsheets, Filmustage’s automatic budgeting tool streamlines cost planning and reduces manual effort.With Filmustage, you will:

  • Receive a budgeting template automatically pre-filled with your breakdown results, including every tag and essential DOOD data, with tax considerations automatically factored in.
  • Use AI Budgeting to instantly generate a draft budget from your breakdown and schedule, powered by open-source data for smart, reliable estimates.
  • Customize every aspect of your budget, from data fields and styles to unique fringes and entries.
  • Save and reuse your budget templates for future projects, ensuring a consistent and structured budgeting process.
  • Seamlessly synchronize your script breakdown, schedule, and budget as changes update automatically to maintain financial accuracy.
  • Streamline the bidding process with automatic script breakdown, quick script analysis and revisions. Recalculate your budgets faster to create more accurate and efficient bids.
Flexibly export your budget
More accuracy and adaptability

Flexibly export your budget

With Filmustage, exporting your budget goes beyond the basics—keep accuracy, speed, and studio-grade compatibility.

  • Spreadsheet export with formulas — Download your budget as a spreadsheet retaining all calculations for full transparency and easy edits.
  • MMB10 (Movie Magic Budgeting) export — One-click handoff to the industry standard. From AI-powered breakdowns to professional top sheets in minutes.
  • Plug into any workflow — Seamlessly integrate with your existing programs, templates, or studio pipelines without re-formatting.
  • Consistent, production-ready data — Save hours and reduce errors with clean, structured accounts and auto-carried fringes/taxes.
The next level of budgeting
Coming soon

The next level of budgeting

New features are on the horizon to enhance your budgeting process with even smarter tools:

  • Automatic fringe calculations - Simplify complex calculations with automatic, precise estimations.
  • Real-time cost estimatio - Get instant updates on budget impacts as you make changes.
  • Budget Optimization - Compare costs across countries, see rebates & incentives, reconfigure team setups, and personalize estimates using data from your past projects.

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Important: We do not use your data for training neural networks.

Multi-factor authentication

We use OKTA, an industry-leading security solution, to strengthen our platform's security.

Secure location

All scripts are securely stored on cloud-based servers located in the United States.

No access for third-parties

Neither Filmustage nor any third party has access to your scripts.

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Frequently asked questions

  • How does Filmustage simplify the budgeting process for film production?

  • Can I customize the budgeting template provided by Filmustage?

  • How does Filmustage help with bidding and cost forecasting?

  • What export options are available for my budget?

  • Will Filmustage integrate with other industry-standard tools?

  • How will upcoming features improve my budgeting process even further?

Partners and collaborations

Film Local
Cineshort
Cube Production
Golden Script
Newmedia Film Festival
British Urban Film Festival
Phoenix Rising International Film Festival 2024
Phoenix Rising International Film Festival 2025
North West Independent Film Festival
Hollywood Arab Film Festival
Atlantic Pictures
UNCSA Filmmaking
Mater Dei High School
Boston University
University of Colorado Denver
Florida State University
University of Barcelona
University of Surrey
The Open University
Nova Scotia Community College
Storytellers Film Academy
Filmmaker Success
Writers Territory
AUB University
Film Budget
Screen Vault
Neu Wave Fest

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