The film The Descent was officially released in UK cinemas on July 8th, 2005 on 329 screens, earning £570,000 in its opening weekend. It was later released on DVD, selling between £10-12, and was also available to rent or download through various online services. While illegal downloading through torrent and streaming sites allowed free access, legal options to watch the film included renting the DVD, online streaming through services like Netflix, or catching it on television channels in the first year after release.

1. Distribution and Promotion
The descent was fully released on the 8th of July in 2005 in the UK. The film was
shown twice at festivals before that but wasn’t officially released. In the opening
weekend the film was released onto 329 screens in the UK and on that weekend
it made £570000 in that opening weekend. Skyfall was screened on 587 screens
in the first weekend and made £20180369. The film made £22718505 from
secondary sales, which are things like DVD sales. The film was averagely sold in
stores at around £10-£12. There was also the ability to rent the DVD and take the
DVD home for a limited time. In 2005 download speeds weren’t as good as they
are now. You had to be paying the most amount of money for your Internet to
successfully download a film, so there probably weren’t that many illegitimate
ways of downloading the film. Websites like ThePirateBay allow you to
download the films. Other illegal ways like Putlocker allow you to directly watch
the film from the website. If you have access to the Internet you should be able to
watch the film without any problems or needed downloads. Also allow you to get
illegal access to the film. Legal ways like Netflix and Now TV would allow you to
watch the film digitally and legally. Also Sky Movies would be able to access the
movie within the opening six months of the release of the film. Also Television
would be able to access and show the film on screens within the opening year. In
recent times iTunes have allowed you to digitally rent and allow you to
download the film from their store for your own purchase.
Cost
The prices on average for films in cineworld range depending on what film and
the time of the day and the day itself. Before 5pm, a ticket for adults ill cost you
around £6.80. After 5pm, a ticket will cost you about £8.51. In cineworld, they
have a discount on film prices every Tuesday, which is called Bargain Tuesday.
All films cost £5.27. To watch films in 3D an additional charge is added and you
will have to pay £2.20 extra. Also 3D glasses cost £1 if you don’t have any to
watch them in.
DVD’s and Blu-ray films have came down in price for the decent recently. On
amazon, the film The Descent costs £3.82. When the film was just released, DVD’s
would cost around £10. The Blu-ray costs around £8.30, which compared to back
then would be around £12.
The Descent is on Netflix, which is a form of online streaming service. It costs
£5.99 a month. The sequel The Descent 2 is on amazon prime but the first is not
on there. On iTunes films, the descent will cost you £8.99.
Freeview television will cost you nothing but is limited to movie specific
channels. Freeview has movies4men, which probably wont show the descent, as
its primary audience is women. It also ahs movie mix which has a possibility of
showing as they offer a wide range of genres and movies. Also film 4. This again
will have the possibility of showing it also offers a wide range of films. Also
standard TV channels like ITV also sometimes show films on the channels and
have the possibility of showing the descent. Those channels are all free with

2. television but other packages like sky movies, which have specific channels,
dedicated to different genre. This costs £16.50 extra with any sky TV bundle a
month.
Online piracy is another form of watching films. The pirate bay is the biggest
torrenting site. Torrenting is completely free and only takes a few minutes to
download full movies for nothing. Also online movie sites, like put locker allow
you to watch films online without downloading them at no cost. But these are
limited to your download speeds. Attempting to download a film with anything
under around 14 mbs will not work as well or as quick with something higher.
Place
The place easiest to see the film and obtain the film now is downloading. Almost
every film is available to download on the Internet and can be found on The
Pirate Bay. In shops the film wont be on sale in major stores. You could find it in
a small DVD shop but isn’t popular among major shops. The film now wouldn’t
be found in cinemas anymore but was successful when it was in the cinema. It
could be shown from time to time on movie channels. Mainly specific horror
channels like Sky Sci-Fi/Horror movie channel. The benefits of going to cinema
are that they have the best equipment and the best entertainment equipment
like good sound and a huge screen. At home depends on your equipment. If you
try to play blu rays on small TV’s you wont get a quality picture that an actual blu
ray can produce. When downloading or streaming, it depends on your download
speed. If you have a high download speed nothing should be a problem.
Downloads will take minutes and you can watch movies online without
buffering. But having a low download speed will create buffering and downloads
could take hours.