Horror Films in the UK-business data

Horror Films in the UK in 2007

sourced from <http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/media/pdf/1/p/2008.pdf>

Number of releases = 24

Percentage of all film releases = 4.7%

Gross at the box office = £28.8 million

Top performing title = Saw 4

Cinema Audiences

Once per year

Male = 61%

Female = 62%

Once per month

Male = 20%

Female = 16%

Films with a greater female audience

Hairspray

Enchanted

Miss Potter

St Trinians

Atonement

Shrek the Third

Films with a greater male audience

300

Transformers

Die Hard 4.0

Spider-Man 3

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

I am Legend

The Simpsons

Films with an equal audience

Amazing Grace

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Becoming Jane

Notes on a Scandel

Stardust

Ratatouille

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phonenix

Oceans Thirteen

Run, Fat Boy, Run

Mr. Bean's Holiday

The Golden Compass

Pirates of the Carbibean: At World's End

The Last King of Scotland

The Bourne Ultimatum

Hot Fuzz

Sunshine

28 Weeks Later

Go to the cinema at least once a year

Age 7–14 = 86%

Age 15–24 = 82%

Age 25–34 = 71%

Age 35–44 =70%

Age 45–54 = 61%

Age 55+ = 34%

Go to the cinema at least once a month

Age 7–14 = 28%

Age 15–24 = 42%

Age 25–34 = 23%

Age 35–44 = 16%

Age 45–54 = 10%

Age 55+ = 5%

Investors

There are mutiple investors in the UK film industry that put money in the production and creating of a majority of the films come out of this country every year.

• the Department for CultureMedia and Sport

• other central government departments

• the governments of Scotland, Northern Ireland andWales

• the National Lottery

• HerMajesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC)

• BBC Films

• Film4

• the European Union

Top UK films internationally

1 Harry Potter and theOrder of the Phoenix = $937 million

2 The Bourne Ultimatum = $442 million

3 The Golden Compass = $254 million

4 Mr Bean’s Holiday = $226 million

5 Stardust = $134 million

6 1408 = $122 million

7 Casino Royale = $99 million

8 Fred Claus = $96 million

9 Hot Fuzz = $81million

10 Hannibal Rising = $81million

Overall horror films did not do very well in the year 2007. Not many of them were released, but the ones that were did create a buzz amongst the media and the viewing audiences grossing a large amount of profit (Saw 4). From the percentages of the most popular genders and age groups that were visiting the cinemas i can also see that my film must be eitha a 15 age restriction, as if it is 18 then it is too restrcting and could cause me to lose audiences, on the other hand it cannot be a 12 as this may be seen as not scary enough and again this may lead to me losing viewing audiences.

I can also see the overall high sucess of British films of all genres all over the world, and therefore this means that my film will be more likely to be received and watched by a large number of people in varies countries as the British film industry has built up a very good reputation by delivering classic, high quality material over the past 10 years.