Celador Entertainment was founded in 1983 by Paul Smith and Jasper Carrott as an independent production company. It is currently owned by Complete Communications. Celador produces television shows and films in collaboration with partners like Warner Bros and Film4. Some of its most well-known and profitable productions include the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and the film Slumdog Millionaire. While a smaller company than major studios, Celador has found success producing films on modest budgets that earn significant profits.

1. Celador Entertainment

2. Ownership
• The was founded by Paul Smith CBE and
Jasper Carrott to make TV shows called the
Detective. Made Who wants to be a
millionaire.
• The current owners are now Complete
Communications who brought the company
from the founders.
• Celador was set up in 1983 as a independent
production company.

3. Operating Model
• Celador collaborates with Warner Bros, Film4 and Pathe
Pictures International make movies such as Slumdog
Millionaire.
• Celador would use product capitalisation and also private
funding to produce the films that need high funds. Private
funding is good because people are more willing source of
start-up funds.
• Celador uses Public funding to focus on significant groups in
the society which generates a large amount of funding.

4. Products
TV:
• The Detectives
• All About Me
• Canned Carrott
• Who wants to be a Millionaire
• The hypnotic world of Paul McKenna
Movies
• Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
• Separate Lies (2005)
• The Decent (2006)
• The Decent 2 (2009)
Radio:
Breeze Radio

5. Market Position
The Decent
Box office $57,051,053
Budget £3.5 million
Profit £53,155,105
Sony - Spiderman 2
Budget $200 million
Box Office $783.8 million
Profit $583,800,000
DNA – The Last King of Scotland
Budget $6 million
Box office $48,363,516
Profit $42,363,516
Working Title – Nanny McPhee
Budget $25 million
Box Office $122,489,822
Profit $97,489,822
This shows that he position of Celador around 2006
which is good for a business for that size as that was one of
the first movies that Celador has made and also they didn’t
put ridiculous amounts of money into the movie to make a
big profit in the box office.

6. Competitors
Celador Films has many competitors over a wide range of areas
such as radio movies and also theatres.
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Celador isn’t as successful as Sony Pictures Entertainment because they are a one of
the largest production companies in the world.
Film4 Productions
Film 4 has been a great production business for a long time and has had its great highs
such as Full Monty which made a £157 million profit but Celador has not made a
movie that has made great profit but can be leading towards it.
Working Title
Working Title is a great Movie production company which makes a lot of the present
day blockbusters and makes huge profit on films what they have made, Celador not as
successful from because Working Title has more popularity than Celador.
Disney
Disney is one of the biggest production companies in the world so they will be more
successful to Celador as they are widely know between any different ages from the old
to the young Disney is the production company that will be named first.