Friday 6 June 2014

Critical Approaches Task 1

Mean Girls

Film: Mean Girls



Genre: Comedy/Drama/Teen Movie
Director: Mark waters
Budget: $17,000,000
Production: Paramount pictures
Released: 30th April 2004
Duration: 97 minutes
Location: USA Canada
Target Audience: This movie is mainly targeted to young females from ages between. It is also could be divided into a group of audience, for example: Teenage males. The producers has clearly aimed this film to teenage females.


Weekend chart
DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
2004/04/301$24,432,195 2,839$8,606  $24,432,1953
2004/05/072$13,676,552-44%2,972$4,602  $42,073,76210
2004/05/143$10,182,766-26%3,015$3,377  $55,400,97017
2004/05/214$6,907,627-32%3,054$2,262  $64,706,89624
2004/05/287$5,031,834-27%2,618$1,922  $72,308,72731
2004/06/046$2,927,211-42%1,817$1,611  $78,157,52938
2004/06/1110$1,486,032-49%944$1,574  $81,303,69645
2004/06/1814$557,319-62%616$905  $82,809,53052
2004/06/2521$256,247-54%291$881  $83,478,58359
2004/07/0230$124,561-51%220$566  $83,430,40666
2004/07/0922$330,898+166%311$1,064  $84,255,34873
2004/07/1625$255,916-23%268$955  $84,815,60380
2004/07/2328$182,651-29%236$774  $85,222,50987
2004/07/3032$135,624-26%196$692  $85,521,96594
2004/08/0640$93,374-31%153$610  $85,752,823101
2004/08/1353$55,489-41%102$544  $85,888,167108
2004/08/2050$54,919-1%79$695  $85,974,306115
2004/08/2763$21,241-61%79$269  $86,026,965122
2004/09/0370$14,063-34%13$1,082  $86,047,227129

Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull



Film: Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull

Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Steven Spielberg
Budget:$185,000,000
Production: Paramount pictures
Released: 22nd May 2008
Duration: 122 minutes
Location: USA
Target Audience: The target audience are mainly men from ages 14 – 70. The main attraction of Indiana jones films are the fact that they involve a lot of action and also a bit of history within the storyline. This is what makes the target audience interested because its what they enjoy.This movie is rated PG 13 due to the scary images that are in the movie and also the violence.







Weekend Chart Record

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
2008/05/231$100,137,835 4,260$23,507  $125,178,9074
2008/05/302$44,754,615-55%4,264$10,496  $215,635,89911
2008/06/063$22,793,630-49%4,190$5,440  $253,014,75018
2008/06/135$14,741,834-35%3,804$3,875  $276,524,26525
2008/06/206$8,540,313-42%3,171$2,693  $290,961,04432
2008/06/277$5,179,960-39%2,556$2,027  $300,085,44739
2008/07/047$3,774,807-27%2,192$1,722  $306,428,52146
2008/07/1111$2,260,327-40%1,664$1,358  $310,487,61453
2008/07/1812$955,846-58%757$1,263  $312,569,46160
2008/07/2514$570,774-40%477$1,197  $313,646,68567
2008/08/0120$359,349-37%332$1,082  $314,331,66174
2008/08/0825$234,531-35%262$895  $314,749,80981
2008/08/1532$191,324-18%184$1,040  $315,070,99388
2008/08/2240$118,492-38%136$871  $315,286,72595
2008/08/2927$396,651+235%303$1,309  $315,733,805102
2008/09/0530$279,520-30%304$919  $316,202,690109
2008/09/1229$202,903-27%263$771  $316,489,033116
2008/09/1938$127,737-37%206$620  $316,670,320123
2008/09/2637$141,122+10%204$692  $316,849,472130
2008/10/0344$72,250-49%128$564  $316,957,122137
2008/10/1057$31,661-56%60$528  $317,011,114144







Sherlock Holmes

Film: Sherlock Holmes
Genre: Action/Adventure/Crime
Director:Guy Ritchie
Budget: $125.000.000
Production:Warner Bros
Location: England (Surrey/Richmond)
Released: 16th December 2011
Duration: 129 minutes
Target Audience:  This trailer is mainly aimed at men or even boys from ages between 16 to about middle aged people. This trailer involves a lot of crime action which attracts more of an male gender audience. 







Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
2011/12/161$39,637,079 3,703$10,704  $39,637,0793
2011/12/232$20,270,555-49%3,703$5,474  $7,024,17710
2011/12/302$20,881,420+3%3,703$5,639  $130,903,74617
2012/01/063$13,689,321-34%3,603$3,799  $157,049,38224
2012/01/135$8,592,657-37%3,155$2,724  $170,192,30131
2012/01/209$4,515,497-47%2,485$1,817  $178,321,72638
2012/01/2716$2,472,141-45%1,530$1,616  $182,211,05745
2012/02/0320$1,026,005-58%857$1,197  $183,885,12352
2012/02/1030$328,902-68%265$1,241  $184,573,20059
2012/02/1720$553,802+68%403$1,374  $185,271,15666
2012/02/2424$350,335-37%333$1,052  $185,888,95373
2012/03/0227$257,558-26%266$968  $186,271,35180
2012/03/0931$158,193-39%208$761  $186,523,36687
2012/03/1642$85,691-46%125$686  $186,677,30494
2012/03/2349$52,824-38%86$614  $186,764,258101
2012/03/3054$37,776-28%55$687  $186,830,669108

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