Fight Club was produced by several companies and distributed primarily by 20th Century Fox corporation and its parent company 20th Century Fox Entertainment. Smaller distribution companies were also involved. 20th Century Fox is a major film studio and distributor that focuses on large, mainstream blockbuster films. While an amateur film like a student project would not be distributed by a major company like 20th Century Fox, smaller independent distributors exist that could handle distribution of lower budget films.

1. Institutional Research
Fight Club
Fight club was produced by: Fox 200 Pictures, Regency Enterprises, Linson Films, Atman
Entertainment, Knickerbocker Films and Taurus Film. The film was mainly distributed by
20th Century fox corporation and 20th Century Fox Entertainment. However smaller
distribution companies like ‘Bandur Film yugoslavia’ Medusa Distribuzione’, ‘Kinowelt Home
Entertainment’, IPA Asia Pacific and ‘Svensk Filmindustri’ were also used.
20th Century Fox corporation has also distributed:
● Deadpool (2016) ... Distributor (2016) (USA) (theatrical)
● Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) ... Distributor (2016) (USA) (theatrical)
● Joy (2015/I) ... Distributor (2015) (USA) (theatrical)
● Victor Frankenstein (2015) ... Distributor (2015) (USA) (theatrical)
● The Martian (2015) ... Distributor (2015) (USA) (theatrical)
● Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) ... Distributor (2015) (USA) (theatrical)
● Fantastic Four (2015) ... Distributor (2015) (USA) (theatrical)
● Poltergeist (2015) ... Distributor (2015) (USA) (theatrical)
● Taken 3 (2014) ... Distributor (2015) (USA) (theatrical)
● Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) ... Distributor (2015) (USA) (theatrical)
● X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) ... Distributor (2014) (USA) (theatrical)
● Devil's Due (2014) ... Distributor (2014) (USA) (theatrical)
● The Fault in Our Stars (2014) ... Distributor (2014) (USA) (theatrical) (all media)
20th Century Fox is a major branch of 21st Century fox owned by Richard Murdoc which is a
large scale production and distribution of films. This means that it can easily get hold of the
blockbuster films. All the films above are large scale films which people will have heard
about, ranging from horror films, action films, thriller films and young adult fiction films.
These films are aimed at people over the age of 15 which means they can have graphical
contents in them which is useful when having action and horror films.
20th Century Fox is a large independently owned franchise which is one of the six biggest
film studios and distributors in America. Due to this they only distribute the larger multi
million pound films and not amuter ones meaning they would not distribute my AS media film
project.
If I wanted to get my film opening distributed I would need to use a small scale, low budget
british film distributor like ‘Balcony Films’ which work with smaller independent artists and
filmmakers and distribute the final product for a fraction of the price needed to distribute a
blockbuster film.
On the contrary occasionally smaller production indie films are picked up by major
distribution labels. For example, City of god or better known in its original language ‘Cidade
De Deus’ was a small scale indie production which became so successful that Miramax
picked it up and distributed it into the mainstream cinemas around the world with the correct
languages subtitles.
References
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 (fight club 09/10/16)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co (fight club company credits 09/10/16)
http://www.imdb.com/company/co0000756/?ref_=ttco_co_1 (distributed films by 20th Century Fox corporation 09/10/16)
https://en.w ikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Fox (wikipage of 20th century fox 09/10/16)
http://www.miramax.com/movie/city-of-god/ (city of god 10/10/16)

2. Shutter Island
Shutter island was produced by Paramount Pictures and Phoenix Pictures. The film was
distributed by Paramount Pictures, United International Pictures, AMCE and several other
smaller country based distribution companies. The main of the distributors was Paramount
Pictures, this company is a privately owned film studio and distribution company which has
also distributed these films.
● Star Trek Beyond (2016) ... Distributor (2016) (USA) (theatrical)
● Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016) ... Distributor (2016)
(USA) (theatrical)
● 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) ... Distributor (2016) (USA) (theatrical)
● Zoolander 2 (2016) ... Distributor (2016) (Canada) (theatrical), Distributor
(2016) (USA) (theatrical)
● The Intervention (2016/I) ... Distributor (2016) (worldwide) (all media)
● Daddy's Home (2015) ... Distributor (2015) (USA) (theatrical)
● The Big Short (2015) ... Distributor (2015) (USA) (theatrical)
● Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015) ... Distributor (2015) (USA)
(theatrical)
● Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) ... Distributor (2015) (USA)
(theatrical)
● Captive (2015/II) ... Distributor (2015) (worldwide) (theatrical)
● Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) ... Distributor (2015) (USA)
(theatrical)
● Terminator Genisys (2015) ... Distributor (2015) (USA) (theatrical)
● Area 51 (2015) ... Distributor (2010) (USA) (theatrical), Distributor (2011) (USA)
(DVD)
● The Science of Interstellar (2015) ... Distributor (2014) (worldwide) (all media)
● Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015) ... Distributor (2014) (USA) (theatrical)
Due to being a large company, it is able to get hold of large scale blockbuster films, which a
smaller label wouldn’t be able to do. The genera of the films the distributor tends to distribute
are horror, action, adult comedy and fiction which usually range from 12+ age limits.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130884/?ref_=nv_sr_1 (shutter island 10/10/16)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130884/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co ( company credits for
paramount pictures 10/10/16)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures (wiki for paramount pictures 10/10/16)
This research showed me that even if you recreate a film up to the same scratch as a
blockbuster film, you will still need a lot of money and presence in the film world to get the
film distributed by a large scale distributor like 20th century fox and paramount pictures. Both
of the trailers from these films start using the advertising of the producing companies and the
distribution companies, I will include a similar opening to my trailer with my own production
and distribution logos.