Our secondary research for our target audience is box office data.

1. Box Office Data
The Accountantis a presentfilmthathasalreadycome out andis immenselypopular.Itisrateda
7.7 out of 10, thisevidentlyprovesthatitisa mainstreamfilm.Overthe weekenditwasreleasedit
made $24.71M and the lifetime grossamountis$70.86M thissupportthe fact that the filmis
mainstreaminsteadof niche.Furthermore,asitisa presentfilmitshows thatthe populationlike
boththe old thrillers andthe presentdaythrillersandthistherefore givesusapositive outlookon
our targetaudience.
From box office mojowe can
establishthatthriller-serial killer
filmstendtohave a highlifetime
gross.For example Hannibal
(2/9/01) has a lifetime grossof
$165,092,268, this showsthat
thriller-serial killerfilmsare
mainstreamandhave a patternof
earningan enormousamountof
money. Furthermore,asthe films
are quite olditdoesnotgive us a
goodunderstandingonpresent
thrillersandthe targetaudiences.

2. The filmPsychowasmade in 1960 and isclassed asa Horror/Mystery/Thrillerfilm.ItsIMDBratingis
8.5 out of 10 so therefore itisimmenselypopularthisisalsoevidentlyasitisrated 34 out of 250 of
the besttop ratedfilms.Thisconnotesthatthe filmpsychoismainstreamasmanypeople believe it
to be good andit has a highrating.The budgetforpsychowas only$806,947 howeverinAmerica
alone ithas made $32M whichsignifiesitspopularityandthatpeople enjoywatchingCrime Thrillers.
Furthermore,itmade $50M worldwide whichisanenormousamountespeciallywhenithada
$806,947 budget.
The Departedisa presentfilmwithagenre of Crime/Drama/Thriller.ItsIMDB ratingis8.5 out of 10
therefore itisa mainstreamfilmandshowsthatthere isa targetaudience forthrillerfilms.The
budgetforThe Departedwas$90M whichisa vast amountof moneyfora film.Inthe opening
weekendThe Departedmade $2Minthe UK only.Howeverthe lifetimegrosswas$132M which
evidentlyprovesthatitisa goodfilmandthat people like towatchCrime/Thrillermovies.