1. Task 1 – Media Institutions
Celador films
Brandon Daffern
2. Ownership
• Celador was originally taken over by Complete Communications,
• which bought out shareholders including Paul Smith CBE and Jasper
Carrott.
• Under the ownership of compelete , Celador expanded its fledgling radio,
film and international businesses.
• In 2006, Celador offered the rights and UK programme library of Who
Wants To Be A Millionaire? for sale, with a view toward the eventual sale
of other parts of the business.
• In 2004 Celador took legal action against Disney for what it claimed were
unpaid profits from Disney’s screening of the programme in the US.
• At a trial by jury in Los Angeles in June 2010 the jury awarded Celador
$269m (£177m) in damages after ruling it failed to receive a fair share of
profits.
3. Operating Model
• Paul Smith CBE, is Chairman of Celador Entertainment Limited which is the
umbrella company for Celador Films, Celador International Licensing,
Celador Radio, Celador Theatrical and LUSAM
• Following the new structure of Celador's previous constituent divisions,
Celador Productions is now run by managing director (since 2003) Danielle
Lux. Christian Colson left Celador Films as Managing Director in 2009 to
form Cloud Nine Films, now renamed Cloud Eight Films, of which Paul
Smith is a Director.
• The funding would come from various places and they would invest so
they could make money off the film.
4. Products
• Dirty Pretty Things (2002) directed by Stephen Frears and stars Audrey
Tautou and Chiwetel Ejiofor
• Separate Lies (2005) written and directed by Julian Fellowes and stars
Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson and Rupert Everett
• The Descent (2006) directed by Neil Marshall and stars Shauna
Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, Nora-Jane Noone
and MyAnna Buring
• Slumdog Millionaire (2009) (with Fox Searchlight Pictures, Warner Bros.
Pictures and Film4 Productions)
• The Descent Part 2 (2009)
• The Scouting Book for Boys (2010)
• Also Who wants to be a millionaire was made by Celador productions
which is a famous television show.
5. Market Position
• Sony – Spiderman 2
• Budget - $200 million
• Box office - $783.8 million
• Profit – $583.8 million
• Celador films – Descent
• Budget – £3.5 million
• Box office - $57,051,053
• Profit - $53,155,105
• DNA – The Last King Of Scotland
• Budget – $6 Million
• Box Office - $48,363,516
• Profit – $42,363,516
• Working Title – Shaun of the Dead
• Budget - $6.1 million
• Box office - $30 million
• Profit – $23.9 million
6. Competitors
• DNA FIlms – another independent UK based film production company
• FILM 4 – who share with Celador a link between Film and Television
• Sony Pictures Entertainment– a Hollywood conglomerate
Celador films did better than DNA films because it made more of profit. 11
million more than DNA films because the descent had 53 million dollars profit
whereas the last king of scotland only made 42 million.
