1. British Film
Hollywood Film
Genres
‘Action was the most popular genre in the 2012 list of
top 20 films both in number of releases and box
office earnings. It accounted for five titles, including
Skyfall, which between them took £260.4 million.
The second most popular genre was comedy with
four titles, taking £84.7 million.’ BFI Statistcal
Yearbook
Action, Romance, Thrillers
Style
More realistic and has a niche
audience.
Artificial reality or heighted realism.
Budgets
Only 20% have a budget over
£10 million. The median
budget of released films
between 2007-2010 was £1.6
million.
Usually have a very big budget.
Spiderman 3 had a budget of $258
million. The average budget of
released films is $139 million.
Commercial Vs
Creative
Larger budget films are
commercial wher as lower
budget films are creative.
Commercial
Companies
Hammer Film Productions,
London Films
20th Century has most Box office
gross, followed by Entertainment then
Lions gate
Size (no. of
films/value)
In 2009 UK films took 7% of
the global box office. UK film
grossed $2 billion at the
worldwide box office last year.
2010 worldwide gross was $21.2
billion