Secondary research – BFI statistical yearbook

Braedie, Pippa and Amy

Films released in the UK and Republic of Ireland by genre, 2013

As shown in the diagram, Thriller is not the most popular genre of film and therefore does not earn the most in the gross box office. We have attempted to try and adapt our film to fit into a sub-genre. For example, a slightly comedic element has been introduced, and as seen in the diagram, comedy is the third highest genre that creates the most money in box office.

Age distribution of admissions, 2003 - 2013

As seen in the diagram, 15 – 24 year olds have the highest number of people watching film in every year from 2003 to 2013. Therefore, by having actresses of a similar age, this will hopefully allow us to attract the younger people in this age group.

Audience gender split of top released films in the UK and Republic of Ireland

From this table we can see that in 2012, the male population preferred thriller films compared to females. In the female category the top eight films did not contain one thriller. Whereas, in the males, half of the eight films were all thrillers, or contained thriller sub-genres. Therefore, by using young actresses this should hopefully be more appealing to the potential female audience.

Top 20 films at the UK box office, 1989-2012

This table shows that four of the twenty films at the UK box office between the years 1989 – 2012 were from the thriller genre or contained a thriller sub-genre. This indicates that we could make our thriller film more appealing to a wider audience by containing sub-genres of other popular genres such as comedy for example.