Mock Exam Case Study

InterStellar Case Study - USA

Production budget: $165 million

Production Team:

Christopher Nolan – director, producer, writer

Jonathan Nolan – writer

Emma Thomas – producer

Production Company (studio):

Paramount (presents)

Warner Bros. (presents) (as Warner Bros. Pictures)

Legendary Pictures(in association with)

Lynda Obst Productions

Syncopy

Stars: Mathew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Michael Caine, Matt Damon, John Lithgow.

Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure. The mix of both genres enticed a larger audience.

Box Office: Domestic Total Gross: $188,020,017. The film got 26% of it’s total gross from imax showings, Nolan doesn’t like 3D films so didn’t make Interstellar one. This would’ve impacted the overall profit for its loss of 3D viewings.

Certificate: PG. By having the age rate quite low this enabled larger audiences to watch the film, creating more money for the film. Even though the film was only PG, the film still gathered an older audience rather then a younger one.

Marketing: $100 million

Release Date: UK- November 7^th, 2014

                          USA- October 26^th, 2014

Reviews: The film got a four star rating from the guardian, ‘largely enthralled, often amazed and occasionally aghast.’ – The guardian.

The Theory of Everything

Production budget: $15,000,000

Production Team:  Director - James Marsh

Production Company(studio): Working Title Films

Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones

Genre: Drama

Box Office:  Domestic gross - $35,893,537 Worldwide - $122,147,772

Certificate: 12a

Marketing: Adverts, trailers, posters

Release Date: 1st January 2015

Reviews: 4/5 stars


A Thousand Times Goodnight:

Production budget: $8.5 million

Production company: Paradox Production, most of the film was shot in Ireland and Morocco. Funding was provided by the Irish Film Board and the Norsk Filminstitutt

Producer and Director: Finn Gerjdrum and Steve Kvae

Stars: Juliette Binoche, Larry Mullen