Question 1: Case study on Popular Cinema Chain
Popular Cinema Chain based in Singapore, owns three cinemas in the
suburbs of Orchard,
Tampines and Outram. It has prepared budgets for the coming year
based upon a ticket price
of $20.
Particulars Orchard Tampines Outram
Budgeted revenue from ticket sales $1,600,000 $1,200,000
$800,000
Costs:
Film license $500,000 $400,000 $390,000
Wages and salaries $300,000 $250,000 $160,000
Overheads $500,000 $400,000 $350,000
Total costs $1,300,000 $1,050,000 $900,000
Included in the overhead figures are the Oxford Head Office fixed
costs that amount to
$720,000, these have been allocated to each cinema based on
budgeted ticket receipts. All
other costs are variable. The management are concerned about the
Outram cinema and the
fact that it is showing a budgeted loss and is considering closing
the cinema and selling the
site to a Property Developer.
Required:
(a) Prepare marginal costing income statements to show
contributions for each cinema
and contribution and profit for the overall chain based on the
original budget.
(b) Prepare marginal costing income statements to show
contributions for each cinema
and contribution and profit for the overall chain assuming Outram
cinema is closed.
(c) Based on your calculations in requirement (b) above, do you
think that Outram cinema
should be closed? Justify your answers with appropriate
explanation.
(d) What is the contribution per ticket sale at each cinema?
(e) What is the margin of safety in revenue for the chain at the
budgeted level of activity if
the Outram cinema is kept open?
(f) What is the margin of safety in revenue for the chain at the
budgeted level of activity if
the Outram cinema is closed?
(g) If the Outram cinema is kept open, management would like to
increase its profitability.
One suggestion is that ticket sales at Outram cinema can be
increased by 50% by an
advertising campaign directed at Outram that will add $40,000 to
the chain's fixed
costs. Do you think that the advertising campaign should be
undertaken to improve the
cinema's profitability? Give reasons for your decision.
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