This document discusses thriller films from 2012. It reports that either 4929 or 46 thriller films were released that year, with the genre making over $1.3 billion in profit globally. The Hunger Games was the most successful, earning $408 million due to widespread advertising, a low rating appealing to both children and adults, and originating as a popular book series. Safe House also performed well commercially but earned less than The Hunger Games, possibly because of its older 15 rating.

1. Task three
Institutional research

2. How many thriller films were
released in 2012
O The internet movie database tells me that
there were 4929 thriller films released in
the year twenty twelve.
O I’m not lying.
O However,
The-numbers.com say
There were only 46.
O I think I agree with the latter

3. How profitable is the genre?
O From the previous figures… I’m guessing
very?
O According to the-numbers.com the thriller
genre made a profit of $1,363,847,295 in
twenty twelve alone.
O That’s around 174,019,468 cinema tickets
apparently… I won’t argue, I’m no good
with maths.

4. Most successful films? Why?
O So, “The Hunger games” is supposed to have
done the best out of most thriller films, earning
a huge $408,010,692, This isn’t surprising as
it was advertised everywhere, it has a low
certificate rating but isn’t childish so its target
audience is much wider, plus, to start with it
was a book, so people would have paid more
attention to it. There was so much hype going
round about it and I know some people who
have watched it an insane amount of times in
the cinema.

5. Most successful films? Why?-
continued
O Safe house also did well, earning about
$126,181,630. Not as much as the hunger
games, but still impressive. The rating of
the film is a fifteen, so the age of people
legally paying to see it is smaller, which
may be why they made a little less
money.