Can I pay for a better verdict?+
No. Every report at every price point is generated by the same engine under the same rules, and contains the same full analysis. Price buys run volume, how many times you can run the engine, never depth, custody, or a different answer. The calibration ledger exists so you can hold us to it.
What if Oracle gets it wrong?+
Then the miss goes on the ledger, permanently, annotated with what the engine got wrong and what changed in the methodology as a result. Misses are never deleted, smoothed, or reframed. A forecasting product that hides its misses is a marketing product.
Is this a box office prediction tool?+
No. Box office is one input, not the answer. Oracle forecasts what reaches your position in the capital stack after sales agents, distributors, P&A, and debt take their cuts in order. Investors do not get paid in box office, so Oracle does not stop there.
My film is early. Script only, no cast attached. Can Oracle read it?+
Yes. The engine reads the screenplay itself and prices the uncertainty of everything not yet attached. Ranges will be wider, and the report will say so plainly. Many filmmakers run a Single Project exactly at this stage, then use the included rerun as the package firms up.
Who sees my screenplay?+
The engine. No reader, no panel, no outside opinion. Your project is isolated at the database layer, files are served only through expiring signed URLs, and your material is never used to train public models, never shared with third parties, and never cited in anyone else's report. Custody of the finished report is entirely yours.
How is this different from coverage or a script consultant?+
Coverage is one reader's opinion about the writing. Oracle is a calibrated forecast of the film as a financial event: reception, buyers, and the money, with a published track record behind the method. Coverage speaks to the work as cinema; the verdict speaks to the investment.
Are the audience personas real people?+
No, and the report says so on the page where they appear. They are synthetic personas from a fixed vault of 400, stratified across 36 countries and built to mirror real theatrical demographics; each report draws a sample of 200. They are a rehearsal of the room, not a survey of it, and they are priced into the confidence ranges accordingly.
Will a low verdict be shown to anyone else?+
No. Reports are delivered only to the commissioning party, and a producer can run one privately to see what diligence will find before anyone else runs it. The calibration ledger tracks engine performance, not confidential client projects.
What is the difference between the tiers?+
Only how many runs you get. Every run is the same full report: the same verdict, the same waterfall, the same audience and critic reception, the same custody and provenance certificate, and Path to a Better Verdict included. Single Project is one run plus an included rerun; the packs and slates buy more runs at a lower price each. You are never buying a different or deeper report, only more of the same one.
How long does a report take?+
Every run most often finishes in under 30 minutes and arrives in your inbox. There is no slower tier and no faster one; every run is the same automated engine, at every price.
What are the script limits?+
Feature scripts up to 200 pages, supplied as a text-layer PDF. Scanned PDFs are limited further, because the text has to be read reliably before anything can be analyzed.
When do I pay?+
When you buy the runs, before you use them. Prices are flat, published, and per run. There are no success fees, no retainers, and no seat licenses.
Do you offer refunds?+
Plainly: a verdict is never refundable for being unwelcome. That is the entire point of a calibrated engine you cannot pay to change its mind. Delivery failures are a different matter. If a report fails to deliver, or arrives materially incomplete or corrupted, the run is repeated or refunded.
Does a RECOMMEND mean my film will make money?+
No. It means the calibrated odds favor the equity position, with the downside stated in the same breath. Oracle reports are analytical opinions, not investment advice, and no forecast removes the risk from independent film. What it removes is the guesswork about where that risk sits.