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WORKING TITLE FILMSDirector: Ron Howard

Director: Greg Mottola

Director: Jonathan Frakes

RUSH (2013)Director: Ron Howard Production Budget: $38 million

Limited Opening Weekend: $187,289

Wide Opening Weekend: $10,014,920

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic: $26,947,624+ Foreign: $63,300,000

This film appealed to the UK audience because it is about British driver who fights to win a championship. It made the most amount of money outside of the US in the UK.

United Kingdom- $16,131,221

THUNDERBIRDSDirector: Jonathan Frakes Domestic Total Gross: $6,880,917

Distributor: Universal Release DateMPAA Rating: PG Production Budget: $57 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic: $6,880,917 24.3% + Foreign: $21,402,720 75.7% = Worldwide: $28,283,637

Appeals to a younger audience, because at the time of the films release Busted was a popular and widely known band by teenagers and other groups but mainly teenagers.

PAUL

$Budget:

40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$13,043,310 (USA) (18 March 2011)

Gross:

$37,371,385 (USA) (13 May 2011)

Paul is a film who has been a huge success for Working titles because they used Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, these two movie celebrities are known both by the US and UK audience, it has something American audience can appeal to, especially people who have an interest in sci-fi movies or just in general like films produced by Simon Pegg.

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‘71

Release Date: 10 October 2014 (UK)

Production Co: Crab Apple Films, Protagonist Pictures, Warp Films

Budget-£5 million

Box office-£1,036,232

‘71 a movie about a soldier who gets separated from his unit during a riot in Belfast. This only appeals to the UK audience because it’s realistic and something that did happen. The US audience only watch humorous comedies and something not likely to happen and alien invasion. The BFI is all about realism and things that are likely to happen in someone's day to day life.

FOUR LIONS

Release dates23 January 2010 (Sundance Film Festival)7 May 2010 Budget-£2.5 million Box office-£6.9 million

Production companiesFilm4 ProductionsWild BunchWarp Films

Four incompetent British jihadists set out to train for and commit an act of terror. This film surprisingly went viral across Europe and went to the states, mainly because of it’s humorous acting and stereotypes.

THIS IS ENGLAND Production companyWarp FilmsFilmFour Productions

Budget--£1,472,500[2] Box office-£5,058,600 Release dates-12 September 2006 27 April 2007 (United Kingdom) This is a British film about life in England in 1983 , the film illustrates how life in Birmingham was like and how kids at young ages were influenced and brought into the rough gang culture.

EVALUATIONBritish films are about realism and society in day to day life, THIS IS ENGLAND is a

perfect example because it shows how life really would have been like in the early 1980’s , it clearly shows how kids at young ages got influenced by the gang culture, the main character Sean influenced by a group he meets and over time he becomes a kid who is acting above his age.

American Hollywood films are not realistic they tend to play on the idea of fantasy and make belief, films such as PAUL play on the myth of aliens who come down to earth, but they writers and producers mix it with humour and make it appeal to US audience, they also used actors which are known by the US audience.

Hollywood films have millions of $’s budget and they get the money from big production companies such as Warner Bros’ Working Title Films, whereas British films have very small budgets and don’t have enough money to spend after paying the actor, British films rarely have CGI effects in their films unless it’s backed by a big production company. Hollywood directors are now mostly known for their effects e.g. Michael Bay is known for the visual effects he’s used to create his films e.g. Transformers and the explosions he has to make it unique and appealing to action enthusiasts.