2. Film producers fill a variety of roles depending upon the type
of producer. Either employed by a production company or
independent, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of
film production, such as selecting script, coordinating writing,
directing and editing, and arranging financing.
A producer may do any or all of these: find the literary property
(a novel, play or original script), shape the idea into a viable film,
raise the money, hire the director, choose the cast, oversee
production and postproduction, mastermind the marketing,
negotiate the worldwide rights — be a movie's begetter
3. George Walton Lucas, Jr. is an American filmmaker and
entrepreneur. He is best known as the creator of the Star Wars
and Indiana Jones franchises, as well as the founder of
Lucasfilm and ILM
4. Steven Allan Spielberg is an American director, producer and
screenwriter. Spielberg is considered as one of the founding
pioneers of the New Hollywood era, as well as being viewed as
one of the most popular and influential directors and producers
in film history
5. James Francis Cameron is a Canadian filmmaker, inventor, engineer,
philanthropist, and deep-sea explorer. He first found major success with the
science fiction action film The Terminator.
6. Jeffrey Jacob Abrams is an American director, producer, writer, author, and
composer, best known for his work in the genres of action, drama, and
science fiction
7. Distributor Movies Total Box Office Tickets
1 Warner Bros. 624 $27,759,856,116
4,247,294,549 15.05%
2 Walt Disney 510 $26,377,609,445
4,177,869,987 14.30%
3 Sony Pictures 605 $23,574,773,077
3,693,331,785 12.78%
4 Paramount Pictures 408 $21,216,556,673
3,308,955,270 11.51%
5 20th Century Fox 438 $21,079,537,044
3,254,525,136 11.43%
6 Universal
8. Blumhouse Productions
blumhouse productions logo squarePrevious films: Paranormal Activity, Insidious, Sinister,
The Purge, Dark Skies
Projects in development: Curve, Ouija, Sprawl, Paranormal Activity 5, The Purge 2, Horror
Camp
SSN Insight: Pretty much the current heavyweight champion of the genre, company topper
Jason Blum has his formula down to a science. Find an interesting take on an idea, put
together a solid cast, never spend more than $5 million on a budget, make hundred of
millions of dollars. It’s a sort of poetry, really, though to be fair, no one could have predicted
just how enormous Paranormal Activity was going to be, or that it would spawn four sequels
and a pair of spin-offs. Even so, sometimes success is a combination of being good and
being lucky, and Blumhouse clearly is both.
