Top Grossing Films of 2015
Audience and Exhibition
Top Grossing Films of 2015
Audience and Exhibition
1: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Production Company:
Gross: $851 millionGenre: Action, Blockbuster
Venues: Saturation
Venues: Saturation
Release Date: 17th December
2: Jurassic World
Production Company:
Production Company:
Release Date: 11th June
Venues: Saturation
Genre: Blockbuster, Sci-Fi
3: Avengers: Age of Ultron
Production Company:
· Marvel Studios
Gross: $459 million
Release Date: 23rd April
Venues: Saturation
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Blockbuster
4: Inside Out
Production Company:
· Walt Disney Pictures
· Pixar Animation Studios
Gross: $356 million
Release Date: 24th July
Venues: Saturation
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
5: Fast & Furious 7
Production Company:
- · Relativity Media
- universal studios
Gross: $350 million
Release Date: 3rd April
Genre: Action, Crime, Blockbuster
What kinds of films are they?
All of the top five films all fall under the heading of a blockbuster.Blockbuster: a thingof great power or size, in particular a film, book, or other product that is a great
commercial success. They are extremely successful because they have a lot of promotion
and fan base behind them before they have even come out. They also are extremely
accessible in many cinema making them easy to view compared to other successful films what
came out in 2015.
How many are sequels?
4 out of 5 of the top ten highest grossing films are sequels. This could be one of the
main reasons
contributing to their success because the original films or first installments generated
such a huge audience meaning that their sequels were already guaranteed to
attract a large audience and therefore continue to be successful .
How many are blockbusters aimed at a younger audience?
Inside Out is primarily targeted towards children but managed to appeal to all.
Inside Out is primarily targeted towards children but managed to appeal to all.
Star Wars, Fast & Furious 7, Jurassic World and Avengers are all targeted to
the same kind of audience. All are sequels and so had already generated an
audience that would pay to see the sequels.
How many were produced by the Big Six?
How many were produced by the Big Six?
Star wars and Avengers age of ultron is not produced by the Walt Disney although they did have an influence
on distributing Stars wars and Avengers age of ultron worldwide by Walt Disney Studios Motions pictures.Inside out is also produced by Walt Disney while being co-produced by pixar animations
How many different formats are there? Name them.
What kinds of films seem to be missing?
There are no real romance or horror films featured in the top five as the majority are
action films.
Predicted top films of 2015 - were they right?
Predicted top films of 2015 - were they right?
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Spectre
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2
- Inside Out
included in the top 5 but Sectre and Hunger games didn't make it with fast and furious and
Jurassic world beating them.
What were the Oscar nominations 2015? What are the producers
and what were the release dates?
Best Picture
Best Picture
“American Sniper” Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar,
Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan
Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan
• Release Date: 16th January 2015
“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu,
John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole
John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole
• Release Date: 14th November 2014
“Boyhood” Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland
• Release Date: 15th August 2014
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin,
Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers
Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers
• Release Date: 28th March 2014
“The Imitation Game” Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzian
• Release Date: 25th December 2014
“Selma” Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner
• Release Date: 9th January 2015
“The Theory of Everything” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten
