2. Top 20 films between 1989 - 2012
From this table, we can
see that in the last
twenty years one of the
most successful films
has been a Romantic
Tragedy which is Titanic
and falls third on the
table.
This shows the Romantic
Tragedy Genre has a
variety of audience
members because
Titanic was released in
1997 and has continued
to be successful ever
since especially as it had
made £80.1million.
3. Romantic Tragedies Released
This Year
• The most recent Romance film to released in ‘About Time’. This has
become successful and topped the box office of the weekend the 6th
to
the 8th
with a gross of £1,761,079 for that weekend.
• Although the following weekend it slipped down to 4th
place on the box
office table it till made a total gross of over £1million for that weekend
showing that it is still as successful genre. As well as this, the total
gross for ‘About Time’ is £3,895,293 which is more than the rest of the
films that are above it for the weekend of the 13th
to the 15th
.
4. Romantic Tragedies Released
Last Year
• In the 2012 there were more Romantic Comedies released on the
weekend 14th
to the 16th
however they were not as successful.
• For example the film ‘Hope Springs’ only came 5th
on the box office list
for that particular weekend and only had a total gross of £728, 689.
• Another example is the film ‘To Rome With Love’ and this film had only
made £141,008 to date.
• This shows that the Romance genre has become more popular in film
and is more likely to make a higher gross this year than previous years.
5. Production by Genre
This table shows the a
breakdown in the
production of genre in
the UK.
The Table shows that
the Romance genre
only made up just under
5% of the total films
made in the UK.
However there was a
budget of £102.6miliion
showing that the films
must have been
promising and
successful.
6. Production by Genre
This table shows the a
breakdown in the
production of genre in
the UK.
The Table shows that
the Romance genre
only made up just under
5% of the total films
made in the UK.
However there was a
budget of £102.6miliion
showing that the films
must have been
promising and
successful.
