Bobby Lee

Production companies
20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd It is an American film studio, which
was founded in May 1935 by Joseph Schenck and Darryl Zanuck. It is one
of the six major film studios. It is based in Fox Plaza, Century City based in
LA, California, U.S. It distributes films globally for a mass target audience.
Universal Pictures It is also an American film studio and is a part of
the six major film studios. It was founded in 1912 making it the worlds
fourth oldest film studio. This also has a mass target audience. Its
headquarters are in Hollywood, California.
Paramount Pictures it is a television production company, film studio
and motion picture distributor. This is another one of the Big Six film
studios therefore it has a mass target audience. It was founded in 1912
and it is based in Hollywood, California.
The Walt Disney Company aka Disney, is a mass media
entertainment company. Its main building is in Burbank, California and is
the worlds 2nd largest media company. Disney was founded in 1923 by
Walt Disney and Roy Disney. The company make mainly childrens films
but appeal to a large target audience.
Columbia Pictures It is an American film company of the Sony Pictures
Motion Picture Group. This is a part of the big six production companies. It
was founded in 1924 and is based in LA, California and distributes films
globally.
New Line Cinema It is also an American film studio founded in 1967,
which originated as a film distribution company, which later become an
independent studio.
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Warner Bros. is an American
company that produces television, music and film entertainment and is
one of the main film studios. It has a wide target audience and was
founded in 1923 by 4 brothers.
The genre of each individual production company is based around what genre
the majority of their films produced conform to. The type of Production
Company however depends on whether they are subsidiary or independent. A
subsidiary film production company is one that is owned by another company.
A few examples can be seen in the table below:

Average
genre

20th
century
fox
Action
and
adventur
e

Universa
l
pictures
Action
and
adventur
e

Paramou
nt
pictures
Action
and
adventur
e

Walt
Disney

Columb
ia
pictures
Animati Comed
on
y

New Line Warner

cinema
Bros.
Thriller

Action
and
adventure

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Type of
producti
on
company

Subsidiar
y

Subsidia
ry

Subsidia
ry

Indepe
ndent

Indepe
ndent

Subsidia
ry

Subsidiar
y

After researching seven different production company average genres, I come

to the conclusion New Line cinema would be more significant for me to use as
it conforms to the genre of my opening scene, which is a thriller. On the other
hand, the other six are more suitable to other genres like action and
adventure or comedy. After deciding only one of the seven conforms to the
genre of my opening sequence of shots, I decided to look into box office
views to deepen my understanding on total gross and give me a real insight
into how much on average my film could earn if it was produced by New Line
cinema. Box office is used in order to define a film as successful or not. Box
office facts and figures can be found on http://www.boxofficemojo.com and
after having a good look at the figures on total gross it become evident to me
that the best film for distributing films is 20th century fox with the staggering
figure of $749,766,139 overall. One of the least successful companies I have
looked at on the other hand was Columbia pictures and this is helpful as it
connotes to me they would not be a good company to produce my film. It is
evident to me that 20th century fox is a production company appealing to a
mass market whereas smaller companies like Columbia would be limited to a
niche market which means they would only appeal to a specific target
market. Despite 20th century fox being the most successful, it isn't relevant
to the demographic of my target audience as if I was to revert back to
average genres I mentioned earlier it signifies how this production company
is more adapted to action or adventure whereas my film is a thriller.
To conclude the research I have carried out I feel the production company
most suited to my film would be New Line cinema. I have come to this
decision based on the average genre, as it would appeal more to the
demographic of my target audience. Despite New Line cinema not earning
the most total gross in comparison to bigger companies like 20th century fox,
it is in fact subsidiary of Warner bros. and due to the fact this is a well known
company on a worldwide scale I feel it would still appeal to a mass target
audience and be successful.

Bobby Lee