Film Industry Facts

How many films were released in 3d in 2013 compared to in 2008?
2013: 40 films
2008: 10 films

Hom many people attend cinemas in 2013 compared to in 2008? (UK)
2013: 146 million
2008: 164 million

Box office takings: 2013 compared to 2008
2013: Highest total gross is Iron Man 3, with $10,918,410,000 selling 1,342,977,860 tickets.
2008: Highest total gross is The Dark Knight, with $9,630,390,000 selling 1,341,279,994 tickets.

Working Title Productions

Working title is a british film company founded in 1983 by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radcliffe.
They have made a number of box office hits such as Les Miserables, The Boat That Rocked, Hot Fuzz and The World's End.
The company mainly produces safe and mainstream films, but also produce some more risky films. Working Title was bought by PolyGram, which was bought by Universal, which was bought by Vivendi.
Working Title is now owned by NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast - one of the largest companies in the world. Working Title has a deal with Universal which allows them to greenlight films up to $35 million on their own. A smaller, low-budget sister company called WT2 was created, which produced movies such as Billy Elliot and Shaun of the Dead.

Working title being owned by NBCUniversal gives them a lot more money to work with, and they also get more freedom with decisions that they make. their slate of 1 risk-free movie, 2 mainstream movies and 2 riskier movies per year allows them to make plenty of money, even if one movie does less successfully as they expected it to. Being partnered with Universal also allows them to distribute their movies to a global audience as well as just a british one. They also have the money to star recognised actors in their movies such as Nick Frost and Simon Pegg as well as american stars, which appeals to both international and british audiences.

Risk-Free film:

• The World's End

Mainstream films:

• Rush
• About Time

More risky films:

• Closed Circuit
• I Give It A Year

British Independent Film case study: Submarine/WarpFilms

Warp Films

Background
When the company was first created, NESTA (National endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) funded it to create a number of short films. These included My Wrongs, Scummy man, and Rubber Johnny.
The company has had a number of successful releases in the UK such as This is England and Four Lions.
A number of the movies created by the company have received multiple awards. This Is England also had two spin-off series'; This is England '86 and This is England '88, both created by warp films.
Structure
The company is a subsidiary company of Warp. Warp also created Warp Records, and they often contain synergy between the two companies.
Warp Films also has two subsidiary companies: Warp X and Warp Films Australia.
Warp X creates feature films and Warp Films Australia creates is simply an Australian branch of Warp Films.

Films
The films created by the company are generally quite controversial and not aimed at the mainstream audiences of blockbuster movies. The films often contain questionable or controversial topics, such as terrorism, sex and dark humour.
The films are generally set in England and/or contain british actors, which is likely to attract british audiences. The British aspects are less generic and cliché than American films set in the UK too, and are more accurate to british culture.