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2. THE HISTORY OF WARNER BROTHERS
• WARNER BROS. WAS FORMALLY INCORPORATED AS WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES, INC. IN APRIL 1923. WARNER
BROTHERS BEGAN WITH THE FOUR WARNER BROTHERS - ALBERT, SAM, HARRY AND JACK. IN 1903, THE BROTHERS BEGAN
IN THE FILM BUSINESS AS TRAVELLING EXHIBITORS.
• WARNER BROS. IS A SUBSIDIARY OF WARNER MEDIA (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS TIME WARNER). WARNER MEDIA ALSO OWN;
CNN, HBO, DC COMICS, WARNER BROS MUSIC, NEW LINE CINEMA PRODUCTIONS ETC. SO WARNER MEDIA IS THE
CONGLOMERATE ‘PARENT COMPANY’ TO MANY DISTINCT MEDIA AREAS.
• WARNER BROS HIGHEST GROSSING FILM WAS, BATMAN; THE DARK KNIGHT. WHICH HAS MADE A TOTAL GROSSING OF
$533,345,358. THE HIGHEST GROSSING FILM PRODUCED BY WARNER BROTHERS IN 2017 WAS WONDER WOMAN WHICH
MADE A TOTAL GROSS OF $412,563,408.
• THE HOBBIT TRILOGY STANDS AS THE MOST EXPENSIVE BACK-TO-BACK FILM PRODUCTION WITH COMBINED COSTS OF
$623 MILLION.
• WARNER BROS. BIGGEST FAILURE WAS DC COMICS’JUSTICE LEAGUE’ WHICH LOST A TOTAL OF $98 MILLION FROM
EXPECTED PROFIT.

3. THE HISTORY OF BELSTONE PICTURES
• BELSTONE PICTURES WAS FOUNDED BY FINN BRUCE IN 2014.
• BELSTONE IS AN INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND FINANCE COMPANY.
• THEIR HIGHEST GROSSING FILM WAS TANK 432 WHICH MADE A TOTAL GROSSING OF £20,000.
• IT IS THE ONLY FILM BELSTONE HAS MADE ALONG WITH 2 TV DRAMAS. TANK 432 WAS THEIR MOST
EXPENSIVE FILM TO MAKE, WITH A BUDGET OF £1,000,000.
• TANK 432 WAS THEIR ONLY FILM BUT AS A WHOLE IT WAS A FAILURE AS RATINGS ARE LOW AND PROFIT
WAS MUCH LOWER THAN EXPECTED.

4. KEY EXAMPLES
WONDER WOMAN (WARNER BROS.)
• DIRECTOR: PATTY JENKINS
• PRODUCER:CHARLES ROVEN
• RELEASE DATE: JUNE 2ND 2017
• ABOVE THE LINE COSTS: $120 MILLION
• BELOW THE LINE COSTS: $90 MILLION
• MARKETING COSTS: $15 MILLION
• REVENUE: $821.8 MILLION
TANK 432 (BELSTONE)
• DIRECTOR: NICK GILLESPIE
• PRODUCER: FINN BRUCE ( BELSTONE PICTURES)
• RELEASE DATE: 24TH OCTOBER 2015
• BUDGET: £1,000,000
• REVENUE: UNKNOWN

5. PRODUCTION OF WONDER WOMAN
• WONDER WOMAN WAS FIRST DISCUSSED BY WARNER BROTHERS AND DC COMICS IN 2010.
• IN 2015, PATTY JENKINS (DIRECTOR) ACCEPTED AN OFFER TO DIRECT WONDER WOMAN.
• PRODUCTION BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 21ST , 2015.
• FILMING TOOK PLACE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE AND ITALY.
• WONDER WOMAN WAS FILMED IN 2D, 3D AND IMAX.
• WONDER WOMAN IS PART OF DC MARVELS SUPERHERO FRANCHISE.
• WONDER WOMAN SPENT $12 MILLION ON CGI AS GAL GADOT (WONDER WOMAN) WAS PREGNANT DURING
FILMING. CGI WAS DONE BY A COMPANY CALLED DOUBLE NEGATIVE AND PIXOMODO.

6. PRODUCTION OF TANK 432
• TANK 432 WAS FILMED IN THE UK ON LOCATION AND ON SET.
• THE FILM IS NOT PART OF A FRANCHISE AND IS A STAND ALONE FILM.
• IT WAS FILMED IN 2D ONLY.
• STARRING: RUPERT EVANS, STEVE GARRY AND DEIRDRE MULLINS.

7. DISTRIBUTION
WONDER WOMAN (WARNER BROS.)
• DISTRIBUTORS: WARNER BROS.
• TRAILERS WERE SHOWN ON TV SPOTS, YOUTUBE ADVERTS AND ON THE WARNER BROS
WEBSITE. THERE WAS ALSO POSTERS ON BUS STOPS AND IN CINEMAS. THERE WAS A
RADIO TRAILER TOO.
• DURING THE DISTRIBUTION TIME OF WW GAL GADOT (WONDER WOMAN) POSTED AND
RETWEETED ABOUT THE FILM.
• THE FILM WAS LAUNCHED IN CINEMAS WORLD WIDE AND WAS THEN BROUGHT TO DVD
WHERE YOU COULD BUY A SPECIAL EDITION COPY WHICH INCLUDES ‘A DIRECTORS
VISION: DIANA IN THE MODERN WORLD””. THE DVD IS AVAILABLE TO BUY ON AMAZON
FOR £4.99 AND THE SPECIAL EDITION IS £6.99.
• THE FILM IS AVAILABLE ON ILLEGAL WEBSITES.
TANK 432 (BELSTONE)
• DISTRIBUTORS: IFC MIDNIGHT (USA)
KALEIDOSCOPE (UK)
• TANK 432 WAS RELEASED STRAIGHT TO DVD.
• THERE IS NO ILLEGAL DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE FOR
THE FILM.