Aardman: It is a British animation studio based in Bristol, United Kingdom.
Founded by: Peter Lord and David Sproxton in 1976
Films they have made: Flushed Away (2006) - computer animated British film directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell.
Wallace and Gromit: The curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) -British clay-mation, animated, horror film. The film was directed by Nick Park and Steve Box. It was produced by DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Animations, and released by DreamWorks Pictures.
Chicken Run (2000) -British stop-motion animation film.
Box office figures for the films:
Flushed Away: $178,120,010
Chicken Run: $224,834,564
Wallace and Gromit: $192,610,372
Working title: Working Title films is a British film production company that was founded in 1983.
Founded by: Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe
Films they have made: Mr Bean's Holiday (2007) -British comedy film by Rowan Atkinson.
Definitely, Maybe (2008) - Romantic comedy film directed by Adam Brooks.
State of Play (2009) - French-British-American political thriller film.The film was directed by Kevin Macdonald from a screenplay written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony Gilroy, Peter Morgan, and Billy Ray.
Box office figures for the films:
Mr Bean's Holiday: $229,736,344
Definitely, Maybe: $55,447,968
State of Play: $91,445,389
Warp X: British film production company, separate from Warp Films based in Sheffield, UK with further offices in Nottingham and London.
Founded in: 2005
Films they have made: This is England (2006) - British drama film written and directed by Shane Meadows.
Donkey Punch (2008) - British thriller film about a group of English people on holiday in Spain who end up fighting for their lives. The film was written and directed by Oliver Blackburn and David Bloom.
Grow Your Own (2007) - British comedy film directed by Richard Laxton, and written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Carl Hunter.
Box office figures for the films:
Grow Your Own: £103,777
Donkey Punch: £448,465
This is England: £5,154,493
HanWay: An independent British international sales, distribution and marketing company specializing in theatrical feature films.
Founded by: film producer Jeremy Thomas in 1998.
Films they have made: Wuthering Heights (2011) -romantic film directed by Andrea Arnold.
13 Assassins (2010) - Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Takashi Miike.
Essential Killing (2010) - political thriller film by the Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski.
Box office figures for the films:
13 Assassins: $17,054,213
Wow. I didn't expect you to look at all of them.
ReplyDeleteFactual and as such really useful to go through this process. We will be choosing just one to focus on and last year it was Working Title who are the most prolific but this year we may explore some others as well.
The vital element of any case study is looking beyond the figure into the reasons for success and failure, who benefits and how the business is maintained through a variety of means.