British Film Hollywood Film

Genres ‘Action was the most popular genre in the 2012 list of top 20 films both in number of releases and boxoffice earnings. It accounted for five titles, including Skyfall, which between them took £260.4 million.The second most popular genre was comedy with four titles, taking £84.7 million.’ BFI StatistcalYearbook

Action, Romance, Thrillers

Style More realistic and has a niche audience.

Artificial reality or heighted realism.

Budgets Only 20% have a budget over £10 million. The median budget of released films between 2007-2010 was £1.6 million.

Usually have a very big budget. Spiderman 3 had a budget of $258 million. The average budget of released films is $139 million.

Commercial Vs Creative

Larger budget films are commercial wher as lower budget films are creative.

Commercial

Companies Hammer Film Productions, London Films

20th Century has most Box office gross, followed by Entertainment then Lions gate

Size (no. of films/value)

In 2009 UK films took 7% of the global box office. UK film grossed $2 billion at the worldwide box office last year.

2010 worldwide gross was $21.2 billion