Genre and Audience Research

Genre
1. Which 3 genres were most successful at the UK box office?
     Animation, Action and Comedy
2. Which 3 genres were least popular or successful at the UK box office?\
    Romance, Documentary and War
3. Which film genre had the most films released in 2013-14?
    Comedy
4. How many films in this genre were made in 2013-14?
    153
5. How many animated films were made?
    33
6. How many action films were made?
    47
7. What does this information about film genre tell you about:

•     Film Production?

This tells me that action, comedy and animation films make the most money while romance, documentaries and war films bring in the least amount of money.

• Film Audience

The audience seems to be younger.

Audiences
1. Which age group made up the largest proportion of cinema admissions in the UK?
    15-24
2. Which comedy film was most successful with this age group?
    Hangover 3
3. Which film was most popular with the over 50s? What genre is this film?
    Drama, biopics and musicals
4. Which genres were most popular with men?
    Action
5. Which genres were most popular with women?
    Biopics
6. UK films appealed most to which audience type?
    45-55
7. Which 3 films were most popular with the 7-14 age group? What does this tell us about their preferred genre?
    One Direction, Wreck it Ralph, Despicable Me. This shows us that there preferred genre is animation.
8. Which 3 films most popular with the 35-44 age group were Frozen, The Croods and Jack the Giant Slayer. Why might this be and how does this contribute to animation being the most successful genre at the box office?
    The adults are going to take the kids to go watch the films, so more people are going to the cinema to watch it.
9. Which 3 films were most popular with the 25-34 age group?
    Jango, Fast and Furious and Rush
10. Which films were most popular with middle class audiences?
      Sci-fi and Drama