Billing different amounts based on counting the total number purchased

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I'm looking to bill different amounts based on how many "movies" have been delivered.
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Here is my spreadsheet. The billing should differ based on the number of "movies" delivered. The first 5 movies should be billed at £1.50 base rate and 15p per minute for the duration of the asset. Movies 6 -10 should be billed at £1.50 base rate and 10p per minute for the duration of the asset.

So, Column A is confirming which assets are movies and which are subs. Column B shows the duration of the asset. These columns have no formulas.

Column C is where think my solution might be for counting how many movies we have delivered. Currently I cannot figure out the formula to achieve what is in the screenshot, a count of all the movies in Column A. My thoughts would be that the formula in Column G would change to say something like **- IF C2 is equal to or greater than 6 use J3, IF C2 is less than 6 use J2.**

Columns D & E are just =COUNTIF(A2,"SUBTITLE") & =COUNTIF(A2,"MOVIE")

Column F calculates the duration in Column B as just minutes (from timecode) =IF(AND(A2="MOVIE"),(LEFT(B2,2)*60+MID(B2,4,2)+IF(MID(B2,7,2)+0<30,0,1)),"0")

Column G is where i'm calculating the cost per asset. Maybe my formula could be altered to not need to include a Column C calculation like i suggested above, if there is a cleverer way to achieve the outcome.

=IFERROR(IF(E2>0,$J$2*F2+5.6,IF(D2>0,$J$5*D2,"£0.00")),"£0.00") Currently its seeing if a movie or a sub has been found in E or D, then its adding the base rate to a calculation of the number of minutes * J2.

J2 being .15p per minute. My aim is to make a formula clever enough to change J2 to J3 once the number of movies exceeds 5.
 

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I'm not getting the same results as you, but here is my go at it. The structure looks good to me.
MrExcelPlayground2.xlsm
ABCDEFGHIJ
1AssetDurationCountSubMovieMinutesCostBilling
2MOVIE00:42:00.0610142$7.80one-five$0.15
3SUBTITLE00:32:00.07 100$0.10six-ten$0.10
4MOVIE01:42:00.08201102$16.80per movie$1.50
5MOVIE02:00:00.09301120$19.50subs$0.10
6SUBTITLE00:42:00.10 100$0.10
7SUBTITLE00:39:03.15 100$0.10
8SUBTITLE00:40:19.01 100$0.10
9MOVIE00:40:19.0140140$7.55
10MOVIE00:40:19.0150140$7.55
11MOVIE00:40:19.0160140$5.53
12MOVIE00:41:52.1070142$5.69
13SUBTITLE00:41:52.10 100$0.10
14SUBTITLE00:41:52.10 100$0.10
15MOVIE00:42:00.1980142$5.70
16MOVIE00:42:00.2090142$5.70
Sheet38
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C2C2=IF(A2="MOVIE",1,0)
D2:D16D2=IF(A2="SUBTITLE",1,0)
E2:E16E2=IF(A2="MOVIE",1,0)
F2:F16F2=IF(A2="MOVIE",B2*24*60,0)
G2:G16G2=IF(A2="MOVIE",IF(C2<6,F2*$J$2+$J$4,F2*$J$3+$J$4),$J$5)
C3:C16C3=IF(A3="MOVIE",MAX(C$2:C2)+1,"")
 
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Thank you so much James. I would never have figured out the count formulas in C2 then C3 would differ! The reason our G columns had differing results is because I actually bodged my formula to add $5.60 to the cost instead of $1.50. Other than my mistake it all adds up.

Appreciate your time and help, this will save me manually changing the cost in future on multiple spreadsheets.
 
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