2. Introduction
Working title films is a film company which is located in
London, England.
The company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in
the early 1980’s. It creates feature films and some television
productions, for example, Four Weddings And A Funeral, United
93.
In 2004, the company made a profit of £17.8 million.
As of 2007, all of it’s films were distributed by Universal
Pictures, which owns a 67% stake in the company. Many of the
company’s recent films are co-productions with Studio Canal.
The remaining shares are owned by the company’s
founders, BBC films and private investors.
3. Structure of Working Title
The structure of Working Title is that they have a development in
the UK and the USA.
They also have a book area available for those who want to
research the company.
Have a business affairs department
Have a production department
Have people in music so they can create their own music
Have people in marketing
Have people in finance department
4. Working Title surviving in an American
Conglomerate industry
It has survived by having a site based in America, has worked
with American conglomerates on films such as Green Zone
where they worked with Universal Pictures, these things spread
their name and their movies to American Audiences
5. Production- Universal Pictures
(present) Studio Canal (present)
Working Title Films (present) WT2
Productions, Big Talk Productions (in
association with), Inside Track 2 (in
association with), FilmFour (developed
and produced with the assistance
of), De Wolfe Music (Production Music)
Director: Edgar Wright
Writers: Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright
Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate
Ashfield
Release Date – 9th April 2004
6. Distribution and Marketing:
UK Distributor: StudioCanal
Rogue Pictures (United States) Official website
Exhibition and Consumption:
Budget: £4000000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: £1,603,410 (UK) (11 April 2004) (367
Screens)
Gross: $13,464,388 (USA) (28 November 2004)