Industry Research

• Titanic was directed by James Cameron and was based on a Historic event that occurred in 1912.

• The film was funded by Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox

• At the time it was the most expensive film ever at the time with a budget of $200 million.

• This movie made $2.187 billion according to the box office.

• The Vow was directed by Michael Sucsy and this film won an Award for the Best Romance TV Sport in the Golden Trailer Awards.

• This movie was distributed by a company called ‘Screen Games’.

• The budget for this movie was $30 million

• The Box Office said that this movie made a profit of $196,114,570

• Twilight is a movie directed by David slade and was based on the book ‘Eclipse’ by Stephenie Meyer

• This film was distributed by a company called Summit Entertainment

• The budget for this film was $68 million

• The Box Office state that this film made $698, 491,347.

• 50 Shades of Grey was directed by Sam- Taylor-Johnson. This movie was inspired by a book written by E.L. James

• It was distributed by Universal Pictures

• The budget fro this film was $40 million

• According to the Box Office this move made $566.4 million

• The Notebook was directed by Nick Cassavetes. This storyline was based on a book written by Nicholas Spark.

• This film was distributed by a company called New Line Production

• The budget for this movie was $29 million

• The Box Office made $115,603,229 from this movie

What is the difference between a Blockbuster Film and an Art House cinema??

• A Blockbuster film is something like a film or book, that sustains widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales. These films are seen to be a huge success as they are distributed by some of the biggest companies such as 20th Century Fox. Moreover, the budget for these films are likely extremely expensive. For Example the budget for the film ‘Titanic’ was $200 million

• Art house is a film genre which covers films where the content and style – often artistic or experimental. The narrative is often in the social realism style with a focus on the characters’ contemplation of their existence or immediate concerns. An art house film is typically independently-produced, outside of the major film studio system, they spend less money as they do not have a high budget and use actors that are not well known and popular as a mega star such as Leonardo Dicaprio.