Thriller market analysis

List of Thriller movies released in 2012

List of Thriller movies released in 2012

Evaluation of this dataInformation from http://www.the-numbers.com/ From looking at this data carefully, I have concluded that the thriller

genre is very profitable, with it gaining £972,779,051 over the years in gross. Comparing this data to the BFI website, that states thriller is the 7th most grossing genre when compared to other popular ones of the year. In the entirety of 2012, there was 58 thriller films released, which doesn't said a lot when you think about it. So it is better to make a new original film, rather than copying one of there ideas. In 2012, the most successful film was Hunger games. This might have been due to their being a book copy of the film before the release date. Also the movie has an age rating of 15 and in the theatre, it was released at a 12a, according to BBFC.co.uk This meant that the film could be accessed by a large audience, such as adults and children. The film can also be considered an action film, which is identified as being the most popular genre in 2012, which means that it could also appeal to a larger audience. As the movies contains a female protagonist, it would appeal to both sexes more.

When people watch films, they do not all agree on the genre that has been chosen, as people have their own opinion. So I have decided to look at http://www.boxofficemojo.com/ to get a better understanding to what makes a thriller film successful.

List of top 10 grossing movies in 2012

Evaluation of this dataThis data tells me the top grossing films of

2012 and I discovered that two thriller films were in the top 3. These films were Hunger Games and Batman. This shows and concludes that the thriller genre is popular and profitable. Batman would have been very popular already, due to previous releases of the film and there being a comic released. Also it has a very large focus on action, which is also a very popular genre focus.