Institutional Research Thriller is a genre with lots of different films stemming from it. It is 5 th on the top-grossing genres 1995- 2012 on the website http://the- numbers.com As this table shows Comedy is the top grossing genre. They have released 1,751 movies; however there market gross of $25,580,901 is significantly lower than the thriller genre that is 5 th in the top-grossing genres making 561 movies they have a average gross of $27,621,631. As the comedy genre has created 1,751 films this would 1
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Institutional Research
Thriller is a genre with lots of different films stemming from it. It is 5th on the top-grossing genres 1995-2012 on the website http://the-numbers.com
As this table shows Comedy is the top grossing genre. They have released 1,751 movies; however there market gross of $25,580,901 is significantly lower than the thriller genre that is 5th in the top-grossing genres making 561 movies they have a average gross of $27,621,631. As the comedy genre has created 1,751 films this would suggest that they just create films all the time, which could not be of good quality. Where as the thriller films could have been made to a better quality suggesting the higher average gross.
As this table shows thrillers where not a popular genre during 1995-1996 and 2003. However there was a steady rise of tickets sold from then on. In 2010 -2012 ticket sales where considerably rising in 2012 the tickets sold where at the highest they have ever been since 1995 nearly reaching 200,000,000. This suggests Thrillers are increasingly getting more popular. Also the market share was at its highest in 2012.
2010
In 2010 Inception was the highest rank of thriller, their theatrical distributor was Warner Bros and had a rating of PG-13. This does limit the audience, as A PG-13 rating is a sterner warning by the Rating Board to parents to determine whether their children under age 13 should view the motion picture, as some material might not be suited for them.
The theatrical Performance for Inception
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The theatrical distributor Sony was present in 2010 with 7 films making an appearance. The total tickets sold over the year were 119,627,318, which was an increase from the year before 128,663,125.
2011The film Super 8 was the highest rank in 2011, distributed by Paramount pictures. Again rated PG-
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13. This rating seems to have a trend- many of the most successful films are rated PG-13. Again Sony is present in 2011 distributing 7 films. The total tickets sold during 2011 was 117,378,139.
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2012
In 2012 the ticket sales were the highest they have ever been as shown previously in the main table. The Hunger Games were the highest ranked film in 2012. This could be due the fact that the Hunger Games are also well known novels, giving the brand a wide audience. This could suggest why it is top ranked. The second ranked was Taken 2. This could be ranked highly as it is a sequel and has a large revenue stream.
Theatrical performance of Super 8
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There is no key theatrical distributor during 2012, however they vary from Sony to Universal to 20th Century fox. The total number of tickets sold was 191,097,437.
