Facts/Statistics

Global Performance of Hollywood Studios (information from Film Comment Magazine)DisneyOverall - $4.69 billionIron Man 3 - $1.2 billion (made $121 million in China)FrozenMonsters UnniversityThor 2PlanesWarner BrothersOverall - $4.63 billionGravity (had a 23 week release in UK cinemas - long tail)The Hobbit 2Man of SteelUniversalOverall - $3.36 billionDespicable Me 220th Century FoxOverall - $2.88 billionThe CroodsSonyOverall $2.57 billionSmurfs 2ParamountOverall - $2.39 billionWorld War Z

Weekend 11-13 April UK Box Office (from the British Film Institute)Facts: Three blockbusters and one animation were ranked in the top 4 (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Noah, Rio 2 and Divergent) Allot of the big films are American, and if British it's a co-production On average a film is in cinemas for 3 weeks/17 days, however Gravity was in for 23 weeks, making a larger profit (£32,672, 866) British films are shown in much less cinemas Now showing plays in cinemas (War Horse and Richard II)

Public Investment in Film in the UKBecause film is cultural and economic, the UK Government and European Union provide financial support to film in the UK. The biggest source of public funding in 2011-12 was film tax relief, followed by the National Lottery and UK government grant-in-aid from central government (11%).Facts: Total measured public funding for films in the financial year 2011-12 was £366 million, an increase of 2% on 2010-11 Th 

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