This document provides information on 13 horror movies including their release dates, budgets, and box office grosses. It shows that movies with lower budgets such as Halloween (1974), Friday the 13th (1980), and Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) had higher relative returns compared to their budgets than more recent films with higher budgets such as Scream 4 (2011). The document also lists some advantages and disadvantages of movies receiving 18+ or 15+ ratings.
1. MOVIE CERTIFICATE
• FRIDAY THE 13TH
• HALLOWEEN 2
• TEXAS CHAINSAW
MASSACRE
• FRIGHT NIGHT
• NIGHTMARE ON ELM
STREET
• SAW
• SCREAM 4
• CHILD’S PLAY
• MY BLOODY VALENTINE
• PROM NIGHT
• FINAL DESTINATION
• PSYCHO
2. TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
Release: Oct 1974
Budget: $300,000
Gross: $30,859,000
HALLOWEEN
Release: Nov 2009
Budget: $15,000,000
Gross: $33,335,670
FRIDAY THE 13TH
Release date: 1980
Budget: $550,000
Gross: $39,754,601
FRIGHT NIGHT
Release: Aug 1985
Budget: $9,000,000
Gross: $24,922,237
NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
Release: Nov 1984
Budget: $1,800,000
Gross: $25,504,513
SAW
Release: Oct 2004
Budget: $1,200,000
Gross: $102,898,683
3. SCREAM
Release date: Apr 2011
Budget: $40,000,000
Gross: $97,037,610
CHILD’S PLAY
Release date: Jun 1989
Budget: $9,000,000
Gross: $44,196,684
MY BLOODY VALENTINE
Release date: Feb 1981
Budget:CAD2,300,000
Gross: $5,672,031
PROM NIGHT
Release date: Jul 1980
Budget: $CAD1,600,000
Gross: $14,796,236
FINAL DESTINATION
Release date: May 2000
Budget: $23,000,000
Gross: $53,302,314
PSYCHO
Release date: Sept 1960
Budget: $806,947
Gross: $50,000,000
4. ADVANTAGES OF 18+ DISADVANTAGES OF 18+
• Less restrictions; resulting in
more explicit shots such as sexual
acts, blood and gore and drug use.
• More publicity if the movie is seen
as controversial or causing a ‘moral
panic’.
• Smaller audience; therefore less
marketing.
• Younger audiences are unable to
watch it which increases the
chances of illegal downloading.
ADVANTAGES OF 15+ DISADVANTAGES OF 15+
• Wider demographic since the
certificate is rated low; resulting in
more audience and revenue.
• More restrictions due to the
certificate rated low; less explicit
shots.