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3 titles live
1 series in production
Q1 earnings settled · 1 Apr
22 Apr 2026 · 14:32 CT
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Joel Carrera · @joel.carrera · Joined 2024
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Eight features, one series in flight, 1,431 patrons. Drop a new film, cut, or series to begin — the master uploads while you fill in the basics.
— Titles —
8 / 3 live
— Two in production
— Lifetime watch hours —
412k
▲ 11.8% vs last quarter
— Active patrons —
1,431
▲ 38 this week
— Lifetime earnings —
$284k
▲ Q1 · $61.4k
Title
Status
Audience
Earnings · this Q
Updated
The Cattle Gate
A widowed rancher discovers her late husband's wartime journals — and the secret that's been bleeding into the soil of west Texas for forty years.
Scheduled
Premieres 12 Sep
2,180
watchlisted · ▲ 36% this week
Master uploaded
Captions in progress · 92%
3 days ago
19 Apr 14:08
Honey
A soft-spoken office manager discovers her entire department has been replaced by AI — except her. A quietly devastating portrait of modern obsolescence.
Live
since 14 Mar '25
82.4k
watch hours · ▲ 14% Q/Q
$18,420
Ads $9,840 · Tips $1,820 · Patrons $6,760
2 weeks ago
8 Apr · captions
Lot Lizard
A down-on-her-luck truck stop waitress discovers an unlikely friendship that changes everything she thought she knew about ambition.
Live
since 22 Sep '25
141.2k
watch hours · ▲ 3% Q/Q
$31,840
Ads $14,860 · Tips $4,920 · Patrons $12,060
1 mo ago
22 Mar · poster
Cold Iron
A disgraced detective takes one last case — recovering stolen art from a criminal syndicate that doesn't believe in loose ends.
Live
since 4 Jan '25
188.6k
watch hours · ▲ 2% Q/Q
$11,140
Ads + tips only · no patron tier
3 mo ago
12 Jan · no edits
Encoding
62%
62%
North of Eden
Two estranged sisters return to their childhood farmstead after their mother's disappearance — and find the land has changed in ways the locals refuse to talk about.
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8 min ago
22 Apr · upload complete
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Bone Orchard
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38% complete
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No earnings yet
5 days ago
17 Apr · auto-saved
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Untitled · documentary
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2 weeks ago
8 Apr · created
Ash & Amber
Archived after run on Cinema. Lifetime earnings paid in full to creator. Available by direct link only.
Archived
14 Feb '25
94.1k
lifetime watch hours
$22,460
Lifetime distributions
2 mo ago
14 Feb · archived
— Short Cinema · series & cuts in production
1 series · 89 single cuts · E04 drops Sunday
+ New series
Folio I
A Year of Tides
06 episodes · weekly · Free on Marquee · ad-break mid-series · 09 May → 22 Aug
Six unhurried portraits of one fishing village across one year. Folio I of a planned trilogy.
E01
Live
E02
Live
E03
Live · yesterday
E04
Sched · Sun
E05
Editing
E06
Filming
Series plays
248.6k
▲ 18% week / week
Tips this week
$1,420
186 viewers · 100% to you
Ad break revenue
$840
Mid-series · 60% share
New follows
+ 89
After E03 drop
89
cuts
Single cuts · no series
89 published · 4 drafts · 0 scheduled
Standalone 9:16 cuts. Most-tipped this month: The Fishmonger ($412), Last Bus ($268), Walkie ($210).
Cumulative plays
1.4M
Tips · lifetime
$14,612
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— Acquisitions · your listings on the register
1 active · 0 cleared · 2 offers in
+ List a film
The Last Meridian
Lot No. 04 · Feature · 112m · Listed 31 days ago
Cash + 10% / 5y earnout · 30—60 day close · public register · open to offers
Asking
$1.82M
→ $1.70M last counter
Offers
2 in
14 watching · 4 data rooms
Your move
Last activity 11h ago
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— Earnings · trailing 12 quarters —
Q1 2026
— Ads —
$28,140
3.5M imp · $8.04 RPM · 55% net
— Tips —
$4,820
612 viewers · 100% to you
— Patrons —
$12,876
1,431 active · 90% to you
— Round distrib. —
$15,564
312 backers · paid Apr 1 (Phase 2 · accredited)
Q2 '23Q4 '23Q2 '24Q4 '24Q2 '25Q4 '25Q1 '26
— Last quarter —
$61,400
— Cinema fee —
$8,540
— To you —
$52,860
— Recent activity —Last 7 days
New offer · $1.5M on The Last Meridian · Acquisitions
From Ash Tree Capital · clean break · awaiting your reply
11h
$420 in tips on Lot Lizard
62 viewers · biggest tip $50 from @j_ruiz
3h
Lot Lizard hit 140k watch hours
Crossed in Q1 — 12% above forecast
1d
+38 new patrons this week
1,431 active · $12,876 MRR · 28 at Director tier
3d
3 new comments on Honey
Two from patrons
5d
Ad revenue paid · $28,140
3.5M impressions · April payout cleared 1 May
6d
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