Split is a thriller film released in 2017 that topped the recent weekly box office chart and is among the top films so far that year. Despite only being out since the end of January, it is estimated to have made around $112 million with only a $9 million production budget, proving that thrillers remain popular. The Dark Knight Rises was the number 1 film at the box office for three weeks after its release, showing that thrillers continue to be mainstream and popular. Recent thrillers like The Accountant and older films like Psycho and The Departed have both received positive reviews and earned substantial box office returns, demonstrating that thrillers appeal to wide audiences.

1. Box Office Data
Splitisa thrillerfilmreleasedin2017 that hastopped the recentweekly box office chart andalsothe
top filmsofar in2017. Despite itonlybeingoutsince the endof January,itisalreadyestimatedto
have made around112 million USDwiththe productionbudgetbeingonly9millionUSD.The film
has reachednumber5 on the top openingweekendsinJanuary list,thisprovingthrillersare still an
interestof many.
The above tablesshowsthatThe Dark KnightRiseswasrankednumber1 at the box office forthree
weeksafteritsinitial release.Thisproves thatthrillerare still popularanda mainstreamgenre
today.Thisis whywe thoughtit wasa good ideato produce a thrillerfilmdue tothe successthe
genre still has. Atthe box office the filmhasmade 1.085 billionUSD,thisbeingahuge profitafter
From box office mojowe can
establishthatthriller-serial killer
filmstendtohave a highlifetime
gross.For example Hannibal
(2/9/01) has a lifetime grossof
$165,092,268, this showsthat
thriller-serial killerfilmsare
mainstreamandhave a patternof
earningan enormousamountof
money. However,asthe filmsare
quite olditdoesnot give usa
goodunderstandingonpresent
thrillersandthe targetaudiences.

2. onlyspending250 millionUSDonthe productionof the film.The greatamount of moneythe film
has made provesthe genre tobe mainstream.
The Accountantis a presentfilmthathasalreadycome out andis immenselypopular.Itisrateda
7.7 out of 10, thisevidentlyprovesthatitisa mainstreamfilm.Overthe weekenditwasreleasedit
made $24.71M and the lifetime grossamountis$70.86M thissupportthe fact that the filmis
mainstreaminsteadof niche.Furthermore,asitisa presentfilmitshowsthatthe populationlike
boththe old thrillers andthe presentdaythrillersandthistherefore givesusapositive outlookon
our targetaudience.
The filmPsychowasmade in 1960 and isclassedasa Horror/Mystery/Thrillerfilm.ItsIMDBratingis
8.5 out of 10 so therefore itisimmenselypopularthisisalsoevidentlyasitisrated 34 out of 250 of
the besttop ratedfilms.Thisconnotesthatthe filmpsychoismainstreamasmanypeople believe it
to be good andit has a highrating.The budgetforpsychowas only$806,947 howeverinAmerica
alone ithas made $32M whichsignifiesitspopularityandthatpeople enjoywatchingCrime Thrillers.
Furthermore,itmade $50M worldwide whichisanenormousamountespeciallywhenithad an
$806,947 budget.

3. The Departedisa filmwithagenre of Crime/Drama/Thriller.ItsIMDB ratingis8.5 out of 10
therefore itisa mainstreamfilmandshowsthatthere isa targetaudience forthrillerfilms.The
budgetforThe Departedwas$90M whichisa vast amountof moneyfora film.Inthe opening
weekendThe Departedmade $2Minthe UK only.Howeverthe lifetimegrosswas$132M which
evidentlyprovesthatitisa goodfilmandthat people like towatchCrime/Thrillermovies.