The Hunger Games, Anna Karenina, those in peril and The King’s speech

Lexi and Nina

The Hunger Games- Catching fire 2013

Production company- Lionsgate and Color ForceFunded by- LionsgateDistributed by- Lionsgate (2013) (UK) (theatrical) Lionsgate (2013) (USA) (theatrical) Budget: $130,000,000 Box office gross: $421,408,636 (USA) (2 February 2014)Director: Francis Lawrence Actors- Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam HemsworthHow many cinemas was it released in? it was released in 4,163 different cinemasHow was it promoted? 80,000 posters, 50 magazine cover stories, 3000 billboards and bus shelters. Digital effort e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, iPhone games and live Yahoo streaming from the Premiere.Genre: Action, adventure and Sci-FiWas it successful? Yes the Hunger Games was very successful, the advertising campaigns kept the audience in suspense and helped to develop anticipation. Additionally this film was very profitable as in their opening weekend they gained more money than they had budgeted for. (Budget 130,000,000 received $158,074,286)

Those in PerilProduction company- Warp X, Warp FilmsFunded by- Film 4Distributed by- Protagonist Pictures, Amstelfilm (Netherlands,2014), DistriB

Films (France 2014), Front Row Filmed Entertainment (United Arab Emirates, 2014), Madman Entertainment (Australia, 2013)

Budget-£2 million Box office gross-Director- Paul WrightActors- George MacKay, Kate Dickie, Michael SmileyHow many cinemas was it released at?- (17 counties)How was it promoted?- It was promoted on the film 4 channel and on it’s

websiteGenre/style- DramaWas it successful? Why? Why not?- Not a lot of money was spend on

promotion. It was not very successful because a lot of people may not have known about this film so therefore they may not have watched it in the cinema.

The King’s Speech- 2010Production company- Weinstein Company, UK Film Council, Momentum Pictures, Aegis Film Fund, Molinare Investment, FilmNation Entertainment, See-Saw Films and Bedlam Productions.Funded by- The UK film council donated £1,000,000 to the production of the King’s SpeechDistributed by- Momentum Pictures (2011) (UK) (theatrical), Weinstein Company (2010) (USA) (theatrical), Anchor Bay Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) and Anchor Bay Entertainment (2011) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD)Budget: $15,000,000Box office gross: $138,795,342 (USA) (12 June 2011)

Director: Tom Hooper

Actors- Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter

How many cinemas was it released in? It was released in 1,768 different cinemasHow was it promoted? It was advertised on the sides of buses and there was a Facebook and twitter page advertising the production. Additionally the soundtrack was available to by on iTunes and Amazon.Genre: Biography, drama and historyWas it successful? Yes, the King’s speech was successful as by 2011 the King’s Speech had made a large amount of profit which was a lot more than they had budgeted for.

Anna KareninaProduction company- Working title, Focus Features,

Universal PicturesFunded by- Universal Studios Distributed by- Focus Features (USA,2012)Budget- $31millionBox office gross- $12,802,907 (USA) £7,700,540 (GB)Director-Joe WrightActors- Kiera Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor- JohnsonHow many cinemas was it released at?- 77 countries

422 different cinemasHow was it promoted?- It was promoted through many

adverts, publicity on television, billboards and onlineGenre/style-Period and historical dramaWas it successful? Why? Why not?- based on the

American box office gross, this film appears to not be very successful however as a lot of the content would appeal to a British audience I think that the British box office gross may appear to make this film seem more successful as they may have produced a greater revenue as more people may have watched it in the cinema