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1. Celador films
Celador is a global light entertainment company originally formed as an independent
production company in 1983. It has produced a number of popular light
entertainment shows and is one of the best known for who wants to a millionaire?
And co-producing the film slumdog millionaire which collected seven BAFTs, four
golden globes and eight Oscars including best director and best picture in 2009.
Celador owns eighteen UK radio stations as of March 2013.
The name Celador is a re-spelling of “cellar door”, a phrase whose sound is often
noted to be particularly pleasant-sounding .

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 complete, Celador expanded
its fledgling radio, film and international business. later, its complete communications announced
its intention to sell the company. Around the same time as the sell off Celador international and the rights
and associated properties of who wants to be a millionaire? To Dutch group two way traffic,Celador
productions management completed a buy out of the company.
• 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.[2] 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.

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)

5. Market position
• Sony's Spiderman 2
• Budget $200 million
• Box office $783.8 million
• Profit : $583.8
• Celador films
• Budget £3.5 million
• Box office $57,051,053/ £36,953,275.78
• Profit: £33,453,275.78
• DNA Shaun of the dead
• Budget $6.1 million
• Box office $30 million
• Profit: 23.9million
• The last king of scotland
• Budget $6.1million
• Box office $48,363,516
• Profit: 42,363,516
• DNA FIlms – another independent UK based film
production company
• Film4 Productions – who share with Celador a link
between Film and Television
• Sony Pictures Entertainment– a Hollywood
conglomerate