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1. Film Industry: Warp’s ’71 v WT’s World’s End 1
FILM DISTRIBUTION COMPARISON
STUDENT NAME: Oliver Stricker
Feel free to use recognisable abbreviations (eg BoM for BoxOfficeMojo, NBCU for
NBCUniversal, WT for Working Title). Research and complete the table below, hyperlinking
sources (copy each source used at the bottom of the table). It would be useful to screenshot
and save some web page details for later analysis. You may collaborate on this task. Save
and rename this doc: eg, DavidB 71vWorldsEnd.
‘71 Details The World’s End
Yann Demange Director EdgarWright
2014 Year (UK) 2013
BBFC– 15
MPAA - R
BBFC, MPAA
(optional: more)
BBFC– 15
MPAA - R
Warp Films Main production
company
WorkingTitle
CrabApple Films
StudioCanal
Co-production (+
financing)
companies,
agencies
UniversalFilms
Focusfeatures
Action - Thriller Genre(s) Sci-fi,action,comedy
None Franchise, IP CornettoTrilogy
None CGI, SFX Robothumanswithblueeyes, actualrobots,
buildingsblowingup.
No bigstars at timeof release, JackO'conell Star(s) not cast SimonPegg,NickFrost, MartinFreeman
Best director- Yann Demange
awards
Empire:Best british movie
BOFCA: Tenbestmovies of the year
GoldenSchmoes:Bestline of the year
SLFCA: Best movie - comedy
UFCA– Best originalscreenplay
festivals
Rotten Tomatoe –95%
IMDB-83
RtnTmt, IMDB %
RtnTmt:Critics:89%RtnTmtUsers:71%.IMDB: 7/10
1,625,847 - worldwide WORLD bo $46,089,287

2. Film Industry: Warp’s ’71 v WT’s World’s End 2
UK BO - $1,567,094
121theatres
Feb27 - Apr 2
Distributor– Studio Canal
UK bo, max
screens, length of
run + distributor
UK BO - $13,354,358
1,553 theatricalreleases
Runtime: Nov 29 – Aug 29
Distributor- UniversalPictures
N/A However HongKong is $27K China bo + distr. N/A
12 countries # of territories
theatrical release
18 countries
Just DVD
DigitalFilm onAmazon
(no specialeditions)
List the DVD +
(separately) Blu-
Ray editions +
boxsets (including
compilations) you
can find on
AmazonUK
DVD
Blu-Ray
CornettoTrilogyBox set
Amazon Video
 Got reviews in "broadsheet"newspapers
andmagazines(ABC1 class)
Success factors
(initial bullets)
 Franchise
 Box officewas lowerthan budget
 Didnot have an internationalappeal
Failure factors
(initial bullets)
 Didnot appealto AmericanAudiences
 Different audiences
What else sh/couldI investigate to deepen this comparative case study? (bullet list)
Budget Secondary Audience
Foreign Reviews (e.g. Telegraph, Guardians)
Signifier
Primary Audience
(Hyperlinked) sources I’ve used
(‘71) (World’s End)
The-numbers Wikipedia
Amazon UK IMDb
BoxOfficeMojo BoxOfficeMojo
IMDb Rotten Tomatoes
Wikipedia Amazon UK
Rotten Tomatoes

3. Film Industry: Warp’s ’71 v WT’s World’s End 3