Neo-noir films have made over $587 million total at the box office, with an average of $9.1 million per film. Thriller and suspense genres are closest to classic noir films. The Dark Knight was a highly successful neo-noir film that took in over $1 billion worldwide, with a then-record budget of $185 million for a noir film. Warner Bros. has profited from dark neo-noir tones in many of their films, including The Dark Knight trilogy, while Dimension Films found box office success with lighter neo-noir films like Spy Kids 3D and Scary Movie 3 that received less critical praise.

1. INSTITUTION RESEARCH
Noir and Neo-Noir

2. NOIR VS NEO-NOIR
Present and past
As classic “noir” has to have been made in the 40s and 50s any film which is
made now is automatically assigned with the title of “Neo(new)-noire”.
Some critics argue that noir itself is not actually a genre, its just a feeling
within a film, a collection of tropes which when put together(silhouettes and
broken light) make a noir tone. Neo noir as a genre has made on total with all
movies $587,310,387 and on average $9,176,725 is made from each film.

3. THRILLER/SUSPENSE
THRILLER/SUSPENCE 1995 to 2012
Movie: 561
Total Gross: $15,495,734,985
Average Gross: $27,621,631
Market Share: 8.12%
Se7en was the highest grossing film of 1995 with $87,046,142. Thriller
and suspense are the closes genres to classic noir.

4. NEO-NOIR
The Dark Knight
The Dark knight took in $158,411,483 on its opening weekend and boosted the sub -
genre into the mainstream. Overall, worldwide it took in $1,002,891,358, a massive
take in for neo-noir. The Dark Knight also contained the biggest budget ever for a noir
movie- a gigantic $185,000,000.
The film posters where made with a
pessimistic, dark outlook
conforming to noirs themes of
silhouettes and shade.

5. DISTRIBUTE
WB and Dimension Films
Warner Bros have made a large profit over the last few years with dark noir
tones throughout their films. WB’s three highest grossing film are The Dark
Knight, The Dark Knight Rises then Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Part 2. However, Dimension Films seems to have lucked upon the neo-noir
genre as their top three films are Spy Kids 3D: Game Over, Scary Movie 3 and
Scream, quite bland films without much meaningful thought or positive critic
reproach.