Top Grossing Films of 2016.

Top 5 and their grossing producers/exhibitors and when they came out. 

• Captain America: Civil War

Producer/Exhibitor? : Marvel Studios/Entertainment

When did they come out? : 29 April 2016

• Finding Dory

Producer/Exhibitor? :  Walt Disney / Lindsey Collins

When did they come out? : 8th June

• Zootopia

Producer/Exhibitor? :  Pixar, Walt Disney / Clark Spencer

When did they come out? : 25th March

• The Jungle Book

Producer/Exhibitor? : Walt Disney / Jon Favreau, Brigham Taylor

When did they come out? : 15th April 2016

• The Secret Life Of Pets

Producer/Exhibitor? : Illumination Entertainment

When did they come out? : 8th July 2016

What are the big six film companies?

-Warner Bros.

-20th Century Fox.

-Paramount Pictures

-Universal Pictures.

-Sony Pictures Entertainment

-Walt Disney Studios.

Thinking of the school holidays, which films are on general release?

All of the films above which are rated the top 5 grossing films of 2016, would have all been released around school holidays, as 4/5 is aimed at a younger audience. For example Finding Dory was released 18th July in England which was around the day everyone broke up from school for their summer holidays. This enables more of a larger audience too view this film as it is around a period that their target audience is free too watch it. Also, the cinema is an event that most kids are enthusiastic about due too seeing them advertised on their programmes. With Captain America, a younger audience may view this film as they may be a fan of super hero films, however, the other 4 are aimed more towards 3-12 year olds.

What genre of films are there?

-Action = Captain America
-Adventure = The Jungle Book, Zooptopia

-Animation = Zootopia, The Secret Life of Pets, Finding Dory
-Comedies
-Crime
-Drama

-Epics
-Horror
-Musical

-Sci/Fi
-War
-Westerns

How many are sequels?

Only two of the above films are sequels which are Finding Dory and Captain America.

How many are blockbusters aimed at a younger audience?

Jungle Book and Finding Dory are both blockbusters and are aimed at a younger audience. Jungle Book was a remake of the cartoon film which was originally aimed at a younger audience, as well as Finding Dory was a part two of Finding Nemo, and this is a Disney film, meaning that most of their films were aimed at the youth.

How many were produced by the Big Six?

All of the films above were produced by the Big Six, apart from The Secret Life of Pets, which was produced by Illumination Entertainment. This being the last one of the top 5 grossing films show that films produced by the Big Six aren't always the ones that do the best overall. 

How many different formats are there? Name them.

There are a variety of formats that films are shown in, these being 2D, 3D, 4D/IMAX. 
- Captain America: Civil War = 2D, 3D, IMAX
- Finding Dory = 2D, 3D, IMAX
- Zootopia = 2D, 3D 
- The Jungle Book =2D, 3D, IMAX
- The Secret Life Of Pets = 2D, 3D

What kinds of films seem to be missing?

Comparing the top 5 grossing films next too each other highlight that a variety of films are missing from this list. For example the films and their genres that aren't on this list are Teen Films such as (Paper Towns/Fault in Our Stars), Chick Flicks (Mean Girls/White Chicks), also sad and horror films aren't shown within this list.

How many of the film distributors seem to be producers as well?

- Finding Dory = Walt Disney.
- Zootopia = Walt Disney.
- The Jungle Book = Walt Disney.
-The Secret Life of Pets = Universal.
All of the above films have the same distributors and production company.

Who do you think are the target audiences for these?

The main target audience of these films are a range from 3-18, however there are the selective films within this group that are restrictive for some ages. For example, The Jungle Book wouldn't be aimed primarily towards a low audience like 3 year olds, however, Finding Dory and The secret life of pets would be. In addition, Captain America: Civil War would be aimed towards the older end of the younger generation such as 5-16, however the secret life of pets would be primarily aimed towards, oldest age 8

• Have a look at release schedule in the UK for December 2016 and January/February 2017 as we approach awards season and have a big blockbuster lead up in the fall. What are your findings?