Task 11 - BFI Statistics Yearbook

Audience and Genre Preferences

BFI Statistics Yearbook 

Chapter 4: Genre 

1. Which three genres were most successful at the UK box office?

(In order from most to least) Animation, Action & Comedy

2. Which three genres were least popular or successful at the UK box office?

(In order from least to most) War, Documentary and Romance

3. Which film genre had the most films released in 2013-14? 

Comedy

4. How many films in this genre were made in 2013-14?

153 films were made in this genre in 2013-14

5. How many animated films were made? 

33 animated films were made in 2013-14 

6. How many action films were made?

47 action films were made in 2013-14 

7. What does this information about genre tell you about...

Film Production:

This information about genres and the statistics behind tells me about film production that the genres of films which do better in the UK box office tend to get released in the UK and made more because they are statistically better and gain profit for everyone involved in the making of the film.

Film Audiences:

This tells me about film audiences that the audience is quite young mainly because the highest ranking film is animation which is normally targeted for younger kids and as that that was doing the best in the box office in 2013-14, this can tell us a lot about the audiences and particularly who actually goes more to the cinema. .

Chapter 15: Audiences

1. Which age group made up the largest proportion of cinema admissions in the UK?

15-24 

2. Which comedy film was most successful with this age group?

The Hangover - Part III

3. Which film was most popular with the over 50s? What genre is this film?

Quartet was the most popular film with the over 50s. This film's genres are comedy and drama

4. Which genres were most popular with men?

Action and Sci-Fi were most popular with men

5. Which genres were most popular with women?

Documentary and Romance were most popular with women

6. UK films appealed most to which audience type?

45-55 age group

7. Which three films were most popular with the 7-14 age group? What does this tell us about their preferred genre?

(In order from most to least) One Direction: This Is Us, Wreck-It-Ralph and Despicable Me 2. This tells us that this age group generally likes animated films due to Wreck-It-Ralph and Despicable Me 2 both beings animations. However, the One Direction: This Is Us film is categorised as a documentary but can be argued that this genre and particularly this film only did well in this age group is due to the fact that it features One Direction themselves.

8. The three films most popular with the 35-44 age group were Frozen, The Croods and Jack & The Giant Slayer. Why might this be and how does this contribute to animation being the most successful genre at the box office? 

This tells us that these films were the most successful in this age group because this age group tends to have young children which may want to see these kind of films which makes the statistics for the age group for animation films to rise. 

9. Which three films were most popular with the 25-34 age group?

Django Unchained, Fast & Furious 6 and Rush (all of these films were ranking at the same level)

10. Which films were most popular with middle class audiences (C1 and C2)?

Rush and Oz The Great and Powerful

11. Look at the tables for popular films in London and Scotland. What differences are there and what conclusions can you make about the types of films they appear to prefer?

The most popular film in London was Django Unchained and Sunshine on Leith in Scotland. These films are both from completely different genres which can only tell us that the audiences in London tend to prefer more action-packed films whereas audiences in Scotland prefer more comedic films which can or cannot involve musicals - as Sunshine on Leith does.