The film Old Boy was directed by Spike Lee with a budget of $30 million. It starred Elizabeth Olsen, Josh Brolin, and Samuel L. Jackson and was distributed by Universal Studios. The film was a box office bomb, grossing only $4.8 million worldwide against its $30 million budget. It received an R rating due to violent scenes and language. The British film The Selfish Giant was produced by Film4 for $1.4 million. It was directed by Clio Barnard and starred Siobhan Finneran and Conner Chapman. It was distributed in several countries including the UK, France, and the US. The film received critical acclaim and awards for its story

1. PRODUCTION,
DISTRIBUTION, EXHIBITION
BIG VS SMALL
By Grace Arnell

2. Old Boy…
Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71yV4u95oOs

3. Production Information
• It was released in the UK on the 6th December 2013
• The production company was Universal Studios
• The director of the film was Spike Lee
• The producer of the film was Roy Lee (Production Cost: $30 million)
• The cinematographer was Sean Bobbit
◦ The location for the film was New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
◦ Music: Roque Baños
◦ Edited by: Barry Alexander Brown
◦ Writer: Garon Tsuchiya, Nobuaki Minegishi, Mark Prototsevich

4. Main Cast
Elizabeth Olsen
Known for movies such as
Godzilla and Avengers 2
Marie Sebastian
Josh Brolin
Samuel L. Jackson
Known for movies such as Men in
Black 3 and American Gangster
Known for movies such as Star
Wars and The Incredibles,
Joe Doucett
Chaney

5. Finance
• Budget: $31,000,000
◦ Box office: $4,861,022
◦ Opening weekend: $885,382
◦ Old boy grossed $850,000 in its first five days, one of the weakest
Thanksgiving openings of all time. It opened in 17th place at the
box office, and so far has received a worldwide gross of
$4,861,022, making it a *box office bomb.
*Box office bomb = unsuccessful

6. Distribution
Distribution Company: Universal Studios
Studio: 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Good Universe and Vertigo
Entertainment
Release date: 6th December 2013 (UK)
Running time:
-104 minutes (theatrical release)
-185 minutes (directors cut)
◦ The directors cut differs from the theatrical cut because
- deleted scenes
- deleted commentary

7. Marketing
- Posters: there are many posters showing the film from different
angles and attracting different audiences. Located at buss stops,
billboards, cinemas etc
- Trailer: Allows viewers to see what the film is like to decide
whether or not they want to see it without giving too much of the
film away so that people want to go and watch it, catches the
audiences attention. Highlights the main cast in the film.
Information such as rating, reviews etc are shown on posters,
trailers as well as IMDB
- Film is available to buy in DVD and or Blu-ray.
- Premiere: New York’s Lincoln Square theatre

8. Exhibition:
◦ On the opening weekend it was shown in 583 theatres in America, yet the demand for the
film wasn’t there and so was cut to 21 cinemas by week 5.
The film made a total of -$2,667,364 gross profit within 18 countries worldwide.

9. Grading
The film is rated an 18 due to the film including a lot of violent
scenes as well as sex scene.
Furthermore expletives are used frequently within the dialogue
The primary audience was male adults age 18-24 due the
genre was an action drama.
The age limit has made the film difficult to target towards a
wider range of family audiences as well as females

10. DVD…
Blu-ray / DVD release date: March 4th 2014
Old boy (+Ultraviolet Digital Copy)
DVD Release Date
March 4, 2014
UPC: 043396430945
$18.96
$19.99
Old boy (+Ultraviolet Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]
Blu-ray Release Date
March 4, 2014
UPC: 043396430976
$24.96
$24.99

11. THE SELFISH GIANT

12. Selfish Giant

14. Production
◦ Production Company: Film 4 (British)
Film4 is owned by Channel 4 and has been responsible for producing many British made films
Location: West Yorkshire in Northern England
Director: Clio Barnard
Writer Clio barnard
Producer: Tracy O’Riordan
Photography: Mike Eley
Funding Sources: BFI Film Fund and Film4, developed with support from both
Film4 and the BFI.
Budget: £1.4 million

15. Main Cast
Siobhan
Finneran
Known for being in
ITV's comedy
Benidorm as well as
Downton Abbey
Conner
Chapman
Not as well known but
was in The Bill,
Casualty
Sean Gilder
Known for being in
Shameless as well as
Doctor Who

16. Distribution
There were many distributors depending on the company some include:
- Cinéart - Netherlands
- Pyramide - France
- StraDa Films - Greece
- Sundance Selects - USA
- Rialto Distribution - Australia
- Rialto Distribution - New Zealand
◦ UK release date: 25 October 2013
◦ USA release date: 20th December 2013

17. Marketing
- Posters: there are many posters showing the film from different angles and
attracting different audiences. Located at buss stops, billboards, cinemas etc
- Trailer: Allows viewers to see what the film is like to decide whether or not they
want to see it without giving too much of the film away so that people want to go
and watch it, catches the audiences attention. Highlights the main cast in the film.
Information such as rating, reviews etc are shown on posters, trailers as well as IMDB
- Film is available to buy in DVD and or Blu-ray.
- Social Networking: Facebook and Twitter, allows the film to give fast, up to date
information to the audiences and a free way to trend the trailers and posters.
^ having the most successful means of marketing being word of mouth.

18. Exhibition
-Voted British film of the year by the
London Critics' Circle
- Best film at the South Bank Awards
- Won Europa Cinemas Label award
at the Cannes Film Festival.
- Conner Chapman and Shaun
Thomas won best newcomer prize
at the London Film Festival.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian "Barnard's storytelling is heartfelt and
passionate, fluent and supremely
confident and this is a heart-wrenching
movie with some stunning set pieces.”

19. Opening Weekend
◦ Opening Weekend: $2,589
◦ Total Domestic Gross: $12,189
◦ World Wide Gross: $708,189

20. DVD & Blue Ray
Blue Ray release: 27/01/2014 DVD release: 27/01/2014
This is due to the
language within the
film being expletives
as well as certain
scenes.
Dolby Digital
In Colour
[1.85:1]
Cinema as well as DVD running time is 91 minutes.
This rating has limited
the films audience
range due to
younger children
and families unable
to watch the film