Ryan Harris
Interstellar
Nolanand marketing
Nolanisusuallyverysecretiveabouthisfilms,he doesn’toftenrelease muchmaterial pre the fil
goingto cinema.
However,forsome of hisfilmshe hasreleasedlarge scale viral marketingcampaignstoincrease
hype forthe film –withoutgivingawaythe plot.
The campaignsfor the dark knightandinceptionwere onanotherlevel!
Interstellarmade acompetitionfor the fanstowina tripto space.
ChristopherNolanand Matthew McConaugheymade theirfirstappearancesatcomic-coninJuly
2014 to promote Interstellar.
In the same month,paramountpictureslaunchedacomplex interactive interstellarwebsite.It
reportedthatonline usersuncoveredastar chart relatedtothe Apollo11 moonlanding.
In October2014, paramountpartneredwithgoogle topromote interstellaracrossmultiple
platforms. The filmswebsitewasre-launchedtobe a digital hubhostedona google domain.The
website collectedfeedbackfromfilmaudiencesandlinkedtoa mobile app.The appfeatureda
game in whichplayerscouldbuildsolarsystemmodelsanduse a flightsimulatorforspace travel.
Paramountprovidedavirtual realitywalkthroughof the endurance spacecraftusingthe oculusrift
technology.Ithostedthe walkthroughsequentiallyinonly4cinemasinAmerica.New Yorkcity,
Washington,LosAngelesandHouston.
Exhibitionand consumption
The filmpremieredonOctober26th
,2014 at the TCL Chinese theatre inLosAngleles,California.
It alsopremieredinEurope onOctober29th
, 2014 at LiecesterSquare andBFIIMAXin London.
ReleasedearlyonNovember4th
in70 mm IAXfilm(41 theatres),70mmfilmand35 mm filmtheatres
(249 theatres) andhada limitedreleaseinNorthAmericaonNovember5,2014 and a wide release
on November7.2014.
The filmwasreleasedinBelgium,France andSwitzerlandon November5,2014and in additional
territoriesinthe followingdays,includingthe UnitedKingdomonNovemberthe 7th
,2014.
A 70mm IMAX projectorwasinstalledatthe TC: Chinese theatre inLosAngeles,Californiatodisplay
the format.
The filmwasreleasedinover770 IMAXscreensworldwide,whichwasthe widestglobal releasein
IMAX cinemas until surpassedbyUniversal pictures’Furious7.
Interstellargrossed$188 millioninNorth America and $487 millionworldwide fora total of $675
million.
The filmset boxoffice records for IMAX with $20.5 millionfrom574 IMAX theatres.
Ryan Harris
The filmdebutedat number 1 inthe UK, Ireland,France, Russia and S Korea.
Interstellarwas releasedonhome videoon March 31st
, 2015 inboth the UnitedKingdomand
UnitedStates.
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Interstellar

  • 1.
    Ryan Harris Interstellar Nolanand marketing Nolanisusuallyverysecretiveabouthisfilms,hedoesn’toftenrelease muchmaterial pre the fil goingto cinema. However,forsome of hisfilmshe hasreleasedlarge scale viral marketingcampaignstoincrease hype forthe film –withoutgivingawaythe plot. The campaignsfor the dark knightandinceptionwere onanotherlevel! Interstellarmade acompetitionfor the fanstowina tripto space. ChristopherNolanand Matthew McConaugheymade theirfirstappearancesatcomic-coninJuly 2014 to promote Interstellar. In the same month,paramountpictureslaunchedacomplex interactive interstellarwebsite.It reportedthatonline usersuncoveredastar chart relatedtothe Apollo11 moonlanding. In October2014, paramountpartneredwithgoogle topromote interstellaracrossmultiple platforms. The filmswebsitewasre-launchedtobe a digital hubhostedona google domain.The website collectedfeedbackfromfilmaudiencesandlinkedtoa mobile app.The appfeatureda game in whichplayerscouldbuildsolarsystemmodelsanduse a flightsimulatorforspace travel. Paramountprovidedavirtual realitywalkthroughof the endurance spacecraftusingthe oculusrift technology.Ithostedthe walkthroughsequentiallyinonly4cinemasinAmerica.New Yorkcity, Washington,LosAngelesandHouston. Exhibitionand consumption The filmpremieredonOctober26th ,2014 at the TCL Chinese theatre inLosAngleles,California. It alsopremieredinEurope onOctober29th , 2014 at LiecesterSquare andBFIIMAXin London. ReleasedearlyonNovember4th in70 mm IAXfilm(41 theatres),70mmfilmand35 mm filmtheatres (249 theatres) andhada limitedreleaseinNorthAmericaonNovember5,2014 and a wide release on November7.2014. The filmwasreleasedinBelgium,France andSwitzerlandon November5,2014and in additional territoriesinthe followingdays,includingthe UnitedKingdomonNovemberthe 7th ,2014. A 70mm IMAX projectorwasinstalledatthe TC: Chinese theatre inLosAngeles,Californiatodisplay the format. The filmwasreleasedinover770 IMAXscreensworldwide,whichwasthe widestglobal releasein IMAX cinemas until surpassedbyUniversal pictures’Furious7. Interstellargrossed$188 millioninNorth America and $487 millionworldwide fora total of $675 million. The filmset boxoffice records for IMAX with $20.5 millionfrom574 IMAX theatres.
  • 2.
    Ryan Harris The filmdebutedatnumber 1 inthe UK, Ireland,France, Russia and S Korea. Interstellarwas releasedonhome videoon March 31st , 2015 inboth the UnitedKingdomand UnitedStates. Social media and Exchange