The Riot Club is a 2014 British thriller film directed by Lone Scherfig, based on Laura Wade's 2010 play Posh. It follows two first year Oxford University students (Max Irons and Sam Claflin) as they join the infamous Riot Club and embark on outrageous activities that threaten their reputations. The film was produced by Blueprint Pictures and stars relatively unknown but emerging British actors at the time, including Max Irons, Sam Claflin, and Douglas Booth.

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2. The Riot Club is a British thriller film which was released in 2014.
It was directed by Lone Scherfig and written by Laura Wade.
The film is actually based on Laura Wade’s 2010 play Posh.
The three main stars of the film are Max Irons, Sam Claflin and
Douglas Booth.
All of these actors are relatively unknown British stars but it was after
this film that all of them went on to star in other movies and achieve a
higher status of recognition.

3. The film follows two first year students (Max
Irons and Sam Claflin) at Oxford University
as they join the infamous Riot Club. Over
the course of one evening they embark on
outrageous activities and force their pristine
reputations to be brought into question.

4. The film was produced by Blueprint
Pictures which is a British Production
Company created by Graham Broadbent.
Including The Riot Club, Blueprint
Pictures has produced several other
successful films including: The Best Exotic
Marigold Hotel, The Second Best Exotic
Marigold Hotel, In Bruges, Becoming
Jane and Seven Psychopaths.

5. On 5 February 2013 it was reported that
HanWay had boarded Blueprint Pictures to
produce the adaptation of the play Posh
written by Laura Wade.
On 20th May 2013, Universal Pictures
International acquired the films for UK and Irish
rights.
The shooting of the film begun on the 30th of
June 2013 in Oxford, England.

6. The first trailer was released on
May 16th 2014 in the run up to
the film’s release date on
September 19th 2014.
https://youtu.be/ThY3e_3PH9Y
The film’s UK release date was
September 19th 2014 and March
27th 2015 in the USA.

9. As well as several character
posters, the film also has its own
website and has a page featured
on the Official Universal Pictures
website.

10. The Riot Club’s premiere took place
at the BFI Southbank in London on
September 15th 2014.
The Riot Club achieved a Box Office
total of $2,147,734 worldwide.
The DVD was released on August 18th
2015 and DVD sales reached $29,736.