This document contains information about Stephen Follows, a writer and producer based in Ealing Studios. It includes his contact information and outlines 10 questions he is prepared to answer about film data and statistics in 15 minutes. The document then provides slides with data visualizations on various topics related to the film industry, including box office trends, production budgets, gender demographics, and sentiment surveys. It encourages contacting Stephen Follows via email or Twitter to discuss the data or questions.
3. @StephenFollows stephenfollows.com
1. Do film professionals pirate movies?
2. Do film critics and audiences agree?
3. What is the state of the British Film industry?
4. What does the average movie cost to watch?
5. What percentage of film directors are women?
6. What does the industry really think of 3D movies?
7. What percentage of Hollywood films are “original”?
8. How much does it cost to make a $80 million movie?
9. Is the industry supplying what audiences are demanding?
10. How many people does it take to make a Hollywood blockbuster?
10 QUESTIONS TO ANSWER IN 15 MINUTES
4. @StephenFollows stephenfollows.com
1. Box office Gross receipts at cinemas
2. Total Income Including DVD, TV, VoD
3. Costs Production budgets and promotional costs
4. Output Quantity of films being produced
5. Content Looking at why types of films are made
6. Reception Views of critics and audiences
7. Employment Number of people working in each sub-sector
8. Demographics Age, gender, etc of cast and crew
9. Sentiment Mood and opinions of the industry
NINE EXAMPLES OF FILM DATA
Money
Creative
Industry
9. @StephenFollows stephenfollows.com
3. MONEY – COST OF PRODUCTION
Under
£0.5m
45%
£0.5m -
£2m
30%
£2m - £5m
14%
£5m -
£10m
7%
Above
£10m
4%
Budgets of UK Films 2007-10 “Valkyrie” (2008) Costs At Breakeven
Official Valkyrie “Breakeven”
Total cost $450,836,789
Production budget $ 80,000,000
Tom Cruise $ 46,777,414
Prints &
Advertising
28%
Budget
18%
Distribution
fees
14%
DVD Costs
13%
Tom Cruise
10%
Brian Singer
5%
Union
Residuals
4%
TV costs
2%
Christopher
McQuarrie
2%
Interest
1%Other
3%
14. @StephenFollows stephenfollows.com
5. CREATIVE - CONTENT
Original
Screenplay
42%
Fiction Book
/ Short Story
25%
Comic /
Graphic
Novel
8%
Remake
7%
TV
6%
Real Life
Events
4%
Factual
Book /
Article
2%
Folk Tale /
Legend /
Fairytale
2%Game
1%
Other
3%
Script sources of top 100 grossing films, 1994-2013
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
%of100topgrossingfilms
Sequels as a % of top 100 grossing films, 1994-2013
15. @StephenFollows stephenfollows.com
6. CREATIVE – RECEPTION
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Score(outof100)
Audiences (IMDb user ratings) Film critics (Metascore)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Screen Gems
Dimension Films
Disney
Lionsgate
20th Century Fox
MGM
Sony Pictures
Summit Entertainment
Columbia Pictures
Relativity Media
Touchstone Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Universal Pictures
New Line Cinema
Walt Disney Pictures
Buena Vista Pictures
Weinstein Company
Dreamworks
Miramax Films
Fox Searchlight
Focus Features
Audience and critics’ scores for top 2,000 grossing films by genre, 1994-2013
Audience and critics’ scores for top 2,000
grossing films by production company, 1994-2013
Largest difference: Relativity Media
17. @StephenFollows stephenfollows.com
8. INDUSTRY – DEMOGRAPHICS
89% 84%
11% 16%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Directors Writers
Female
Male
93% 95%
7% 5%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Directors Writers
Female
Male
Gender of writers and directors of
UK independent films, 2010-2012
Gender of writers and directors of
UK-USA studio, 2010-2012
Gender of writers and directors of all UK films by genre, 2010-2012
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Male writer and director Female writer OR director
18. @StephenFollows stephenfollows.com
9. INDUSTRY – SENTIMENT
74%
70%
73%
58%
60%
68%
60%
20%
23% 22%
29%
31%
22%
30%
6% 7%
5%
13%
9% 10% 10%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Development Production Post-production Sales & Distribution Exhibition Marketing Other
2014 will be better than 2013 2014 will be the same as 2013 2014 will be worse than 2013
“How Does The Future Look For Your Business?”
19. @StephenFollows stephenfollows.com
9. INDUSTRY – SENTIMENT
“A feature film is more enjoyable in 3D compared to 2D”
Agree
5%
Disagree
95%
Agree Disagree
0% 3% 0% 3% 5%
21% 24%
100% 97% 100% 97% 95%
79% 76%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
20. @StephenFollows stephenfollows.com
9. INDUSTRY – SENTIMENT
Self-confessed piracy by those
who agreed with the statement
“Piracy has negatively affected
my business”
46%
42%
33%
43%
0%
55%
31%
54%
58%
67%
57%
100%
45%
69%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
No, has not illegally downloaded a TV show or feature film
Yes, has illegally downloaded a TV show or feature film
44%
37%
32% 28%
0%
55% 58%
56%
63%
68% 72%
100%
45% 42%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Self-confessed piracy, by sector
21. @StephenFollows stephenfollows.com
For these slides, the data or other questions, email
stephen@catsnake.com
Follow me on Twitter @StephenFollows
Data from the BFI Research Unit, DCMS, British Video Association, Kantar Worldpanel, IHS, Rentrak, MPAA, Olsberg SPI,
Cinema Exhibitors' Association, Screen Digest, Screen Finance, David Steele and my 2014 Film Industry Survey
1. Do film professionals pirate movies?
2. Do film critics and audiences agree?
3. What is the state of the British Film industry?
4. What does the average movie cost to watch?
5. What percentage of film directors are women?
6. What does the industry really think of 3D movies?
7. What percentage of Hollywood films are “original”?
8. How much does it cost to make a $80 million movie?
9. Is the industry supplying what audiences are demanding?
10. How many people does it take to make a Hollywood blockbuster?
Yes
Broadly, yes
Busier than ever but no better off
£6.37 in cinema or £8.11 to buy on DVD
11% in UK in 2012 (and falling)
95% prefer 2D
42% are not adaptations or sequels
$450 million
Not at all
Up to 3,310
THOSE 10 QUESTIONS…
Notas del editor
Box office figures are quoted on the news – good marketing by film industry
£4.29 in 2002 is £6.09 in 2013 money (accounting for inflation)
Ave DVD price in 2012 was £8.11. Blu-ray £13.70