Noir and Neo-Noir

INSTITUTION RESEARCH

Present and pastAs classic “noir” has to have been made in the 40s and 50s any film which is made now is automatically assigned with

the title of “Neo(new)-noire”.

Some critics argue that noir itself is not actually a genre, its just a feeling within a film, a collection of tropes which when put together(silhouettes and broken light) make a

noir tone. Neo noir as a genre has made on total with all movies $587,310,387 and on average $9,176,725 is made

from each film.

NOIR VS NEO-NOIR

THRILLER/SUSPENCE 1995 to 2012 Movie: 561

Total Gross: $15,495,734,985Average Gross: $27,621,631

Market Share: 8.12%

THRILLER/SUSPENSE

Se7en was the highest grossing film of 1995 with $87,046,142. Thriller and suspense are the closes genres to classic noir.

The Dark Knight

The Dark knight took in $158,411,483 on its opening weekend and boosted the sub-genre into the mainstream. Overall, worldwide it took in $1,002,891,358, a massive take in for neo-noir. The Dark Knight also contained the biggest budget ever for a noir movie- a

gigantic $185,000,000.

NEO-NOIR

The film posters where made with a pessimistic, dark outlook conforming to noirs themes of silhouettes and shade.

WB and Dimension Films

Warner Bros have made a large profit over the last few years with dark noir tones throughout their films. WB’s

three highest grossing film are The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises then Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. However, Dimension Films seems to have lucked upon the neo-noir genre as their top three films are Spy Kids 3D: Game Over, Scary Movie 3 and Scream, quite

bland films without much meaningful thought or positive critic reproach.

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