Box Office Figures

I regularly read Empire magasine for the film reviews and interviews and stuff and have reacently noticed that they put in the box office figures for that month so i thought that i would talk about them. Ba ck in december 2006 the Us Box office had one thriller in it at number 5 which was the covenant which grossed $22.2 million in four weeks. In the Uk box Office there was only one thriller film which was children of men which grossed £2.98 million in 2 weeks. This shows that back in 2006 there were people going and wanting to see thriller films. In January 2007 there were three thriller films on the US box office the departed grossed $75.1 million in a month and in the five weeks it was released it grossed over $102million. The second highest grossing film was Saw Vl which grossed $59.4million in just 2 weeks and in third place was the prestige which grossed $39.1 million in three weeks. In the Uk box office that month the departed grossed £9 million in 5 weeks and Saw Vl grossed £5.6 million in 2 weeks. Fast forward to September 2008 and there are still 3 thriller films in the US Box Office top five. Hancock is number one with $164.1m in 2 weeks third was Wanted which grossed 112.5million in 3 weeks and finally Get Smart which grossed 202.1million six weeks. In the Uk Box Office Hancock was number one again grossing £16.7 million in 2 weeks. Prince caspian was third with £9.6 million in 3 weeks and wanted was fourth with £7 million in three weeks. This shows that there still is a really big market for thriller films and that the audiences are out there and waiting to watch thrillers. This also shows that there is a very wide audience of thriller lovers and it is not just the 18-25 year olds that enjoy thrillers but most adults do. Not only that but it also shows that more people are now going to the movies as the films are grossing more money.