Description of the company Celador films

1. Celador Film's
Bradley Harvey

2. Ownership
• Celador was formed as an independent production company in
1983 and is a global light entertainment company.
• It has produced a number of popular light entertainment shows.
• Celador was then taken over Complete Communications
• Celador was then sold by Complete Communications and was
brought out by Celador Production.
• Celador films was established in 1999 and began production on
their first feature film Dirty Pretty Things which was later released
in 2002.
• 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

3. Operating Model
• Celador Films is a small film production
company that produces films on a project by
project basis.
• They began as a TV production and later went
into film production.
• Small companies such as Celador often find
funding initial capitilisation

4. Products
• Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
• Separate Lies (2005)
• The Descent (2006)
• Slumdog Millionaire (2009)
• The Descent part 2 (2009)
• The Scouting Book for Boys (2010)
• Who wants to be a millionaire
• The Simpsons
• Slum dog millionaire theater production

5. Market Position and competitors
• Celedor Film is often compared to DNA films and Film 4
production as all are UK film production companies
• Comparing Celedor Films to a larger film production
company such as Sony.
• The Descent (Celedor Films): £3.5 million budget/
$57,051,053 box office gross
• Spiderman 2 (Sony): $200 million budget/ $783.8 box
office gross
• Love actually (DNA films): $45 million budget/
$246,942,017 box office gross
• Shaun of the dead (working title): $6.1 million budget/
$30 million box office gross