Case studies

Hollywood blockbuster:

1.)Movie:The name of the blockbuster is ATL which is an American comedy-drama about the life of some teenage boys in Atlanta Georgia, released in Mach 31st of 2006.

2.)DirectorIt was directed by Chris Robinson.-produced by: - Dallas Austin                              - "T- Boz" ( Tionne Watkins                              - James Lassiter                              - Jody Gerson                              - Will Smith - Screenplay was by: Tina Gordon Chism- Story by: Antwone fischer- Music by: Boombostic Beats - Cinematography: Karsten Gopinath aka Crash- Edited by: David Blackburn 

3.)Starring: There are some large names in this movie which include:- Tip Harris- Lauren London- Antwane Andre Patton- Mykelti Williamson- Keith David 

4.)Budget: $7 million 

5.)Cinema:ATL was released on March 28, 2006 in 1,602 theatres across the U.S. 

Home video:The film was released in the U.S. on video and DVD July 18, 2006. DVD features include a behind-the-scenes featurette, deleted scenes, star T.I.'s music video for his single "What You Know" and the film's theatrical trailer. The film was also released on Blu-Ray on November 14, 2006.

6.)Box office:The film grossed at $11,554,404, and ranked third at the box office behind Ice age: the meltdown at one and Spike Lee's Inside Man at two; the film's opening weekend was a success. Its second weekend profits were considerably lower, as the film only earned $3,710,215, enough for it to be reach seventieth place on the list of widely released films with the biggest weekend drops in the last twenty-six years. The film made less money in the following weekends, and by the end of its theatrical run ATL had accumulated a total of $21,170,563.

7.)Release:It was released on DVD and Blue-Ray, and on 123 Movies an illegal streaming site, also it aired on Tv in the U.S. , Canada, Mexico, and South America, and also it was showed in 1,602 cinemas over the U.S.

8.)Review:-61% Rotten Tomato -"ATL is a likable film with an affirmative and hopeful message about the fate of its main players." by Robin Clifford.

NZ movie:

1.)Movie:Hunt for the wilderpeople


2.)Directed by: -Taika waititi-Screenplay by:Taika Waititi-Music by:-Lukas Buda                 - Samuel Scott                 - Conrad Wedde-Cinematography by:Lachlan Milne-Edited by:-Luke Haigh                 -Tom eagles                 -Yana Gorskaya

3.)Starring:-Sam Neill-Julian Dennison-Rhys Darby-Rima Te Wiata-Rachel House

4.) Budget:-$7 million

5.) Cinema:The film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on 22 January 2016 and was released in cinemas on 31 March 2016 in New Zealand by Madman Entertainment and The Orchard. 

Home video:The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in America on 25 October 2016 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

6.) Box office:The film grossed NZ$1,263,000 in New Zealand on its opening weekend, the highest grossing opening weekend for a New Zealand film, ahead of What Becomes of the Broken Hearted's $912,000 record in 1999.It has become the highest grossing New Zealand film, making over NZ$12 million.Internationally, as of October 2016, the film has grossed  $10,935,319 in Australia, US$507,380 in the UK and US$5,137,201 in North America.

7.) Release:It was released in the cinemas and illegal movie sites as well as on DVD and Blu-Ray.

8.) Reviews:On Rotten Tomatoes, Hunt for the Wilderpeople received a score of 97%, based on 169 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "The charmingly offbeat Hunt for the Wilderpeople unites a solid cast, a talented filmmaker, and a poignant, funny, deeply affecting message." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 81 out of 100, based on 30 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".In his review, Hamish Popplestone remarked: "Though both flawed, Neill's and Dennison's characters are so, so charming on-screen and are fully apt at weaving through the dramatic, comedic, and sad points of the script." Empire magazine named Hunt for the Wilderpeople the number one film for 2016.


 Art house film:

1.)Movie:Tokyo story

2.)Directed by:-Yasujirō OzuProduced by:-Takeshi YamamotoWritten by: -Kōgo Noda                   -Yasujirō OzuMusic by: -Kojun SaitōCinematography: -Yūharu AtsutaEdited by: -Yoshiyasu Hamamura

3.)starring:-Chishū Ryū-Chieko Higashiyama-Setsuko Hara

4.) Budget:- doesn't specify 

5.)Cinema:Tokyo Story was released on November 3, 1953 in Japan.It was screened at the National Film Theatre in London in 1957. It is Ozu's best known film in both the East and the West.

6.)Box office:It does not tell us anything about the box office or how much it made.

7.)Release:It was released on Netflix in some cinemas in London and also released in Asia. It is also released on DVD and Blu-Ray.

8.)Reviews:The film holds a 100% "Fresh" rating on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 43 critical reviews, with an average score of 9.66/10. The site's consensus reads: "Tokyo Story is a Yasujiro Ozu masterpiece whose rewarding complexity has lost none of its power more than half a century on". John Walker, former editor of the Halliwell's Film Guides, places Tokyo Story at the top of his published list of the best 1000 films ever made. Tokyo Story is also included in film critic Derek Malcolm's The Century of Films, a list of films which he deems artistically or culturally important, and Time magazine lists it among its All-Time 100 Movies. Roger Ebert included it in his series of great movies,and Paul Schrader placed it in the "Gold" section of his Film Canon.Tokyo Story is often admired as a work that achieves great emotional effect while avoiding melodrama. Critic Wally Hammond stated that "the way Ozu builds up emotional empathy for a sense of disappointment in its various characters is where his mastery lies." Roger Ebert wrote that the work "lacks sentimental triggers and contrived emotion; it looks away from moments a lesser movie would have exploited. It doesn't want to force our emotions, but to share its understanding." In The Village Voice, Eric Hynes argued that "time itself is [Ozu]'s most potent weapon. Protracted sequences make you impatient for forward motion, but then, in an instant, you’re left to mourn beauties hastened away." In 2010, David Thomson rhetorically asked whether any other family drama in cinematic history was more moving than Tokyo Story. Ebert called Ozu "universal", reported having never heard more weeping in an audience than during its showing, and later stated that the work "ennobles the cinema. It says, yes, a movie can help us make small steps against our imperfections."

1.)MovieThe interview

2.)Director: -Seth Rogen-Evan GoldbergProduced by: -Seth Rogen                      -Evan Goldberg                      -James WeaverScreenplay by: -Dan SterlingStory by: -Seth Rogen                -Evan Goldberg                -Dan SterlingMusic by: -Henry JackmanCinematography: -Brandon TrostEdited by : -Zene Baker                  -Evan Henke

3.)Starring:-James Franco-Seth Rogen-Lizzy Caplan-Randall Park

4.)Budget:$44 milliion

5.)Cinema:-Delay and changesIn August 2014, Sony delayed the film's release from October 10 to December 25, 2014.Sony made post-production alterations to the film to modify its portrayal of North Korea, including modifying the designs of buttons worn by characters, originally modeled after real North Korean military buttons praising the country's leaders, and cutting a portion of Kim Jong-un's death scene.The Interview opened to a limited release in the United States on December 25, 2014, across 331 theaters.

Home video:Sony released the film on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on February 17, 2015. The home release was packaged as the "Freedom Edition", and included 90 minutes of deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes, a blooper reel, feature commentary with directors Rogen and Goldberg, and a special episode of Naked and Afraid featuring Rogen and Franco. As of July 21, 2015, the film had earned over $6.7 million in sales in the U.S.

6.)Box office:earned over $1 million on its opening day. Variety called the opening gross "an impressive launch for a title playing in only about 300 independent theaters in the U.S." It went on to earn over $1.8 million in its opening weekend, and by the end of its run on January 25, 2015, had grossed $6.1 million at the box office.Within four days of its online release on December 24, 2014, The Interview earned over $15 million through online rentals and purchases. It became Sony Pictures' highest-grossing online release, outselling Arbitrage ($14 million), Bachelorette ($8.2 million), and Snow piercer ($7 million). It is the top-selling Google Play and YouTube film of 2014. By January 20, 2015, the film had earned more than $40 million from online sales and rentals.Sony expected The Interview to break even through video-on-demand sales and saving millions of dollars on marketing. The National Association of Theater Owners contended that Sony would lose at least $30 million due to poor box office performance.

7.)Release:The interview is on DVD, Blu-Ray, and on Netflix as well as on illegal streaming sites. It was also shown in cinemas.

8.)Reviews:On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 51% approval rating, based on 141 reviews, with an average rating of 5.6/10. The site's consensus reads: "Unfortunately overshadowed by controversy (and under-screened as a result), The Interview's screenplay offers middling laughs bolstered by its two likable leads."On Metacritic, the film has a score of 52 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."IGN's Roth Cornet wrote that "though it's unlikely to stand out as one of the shrewdest political satires of its time, is a clever, unrestrained and—most importantly—sidesplitting parody that pokes fun at both a vapid media and one of the world's most dangerous dictators."Edward Douglas of ComingSoon.net said the film was "hilarious, but it will probably get us nuked. "Jordan Hoffman of The Guardian gave the film three out of five stars and wrote that "if this unessential but agreeable movie really triggered an international response, this is life reflecting art in a major way."
Scott Foundas of Variety panned the film as "cinematic waterboarding" and "about as funny as a communist food shortage, and just as protracted", but praised the performances of Randall Park and Diana Bang. Mike Hale of The New York Times also praised Park and Bang, but wrote that "after seeing The Interview and the ruckus its mere existence has caused, the only sensible reaction is amazement at the huge disconnect between the innocuousness of the film and the viciousness of the response."

1.)Movie:Avengers endgame (Marvel)

2.)Director:- Anthony Russo- Joe RussoProduced by: - Kevin FeigeScreen play by: - Christopher markus                          - Stephen McFeely Music by: - Alan SilvestriCinematography: - Trent OpalochEdited by: -Jeffrey ford                  -Matthew schmidt

3.) Starring: -Robert Downey Jr.-Chris Evans-Mark Ruffalo-Chris Hemsworth-Scarlett Johansson-Jeremy Renner-Don Cheadle-Paul Rudd-Brie Larson-Karen Gillan-Danai Gurira-Benedict Wong-Jon Favreau-Bradley Cooper-Gwyneth Paltrow-Josh Brolin

4.)Budget:- $356 million 

5.)Cinema:Avengers: Endgame had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Convention centre  on April 22, 2019.Disney converted the convention center's Hall K for the film's premiere, working with Dolby and QSC Audio to install a 70 foot (21 metres) screen, Dolby vision projectors, and a Dolby atmos sound system. The convention center also held the premiere's red carpet arrival and after party. The film was released in Australia, China, and other parts of Asia and Europe on April 24, in the United Kingdom on April 25, in the United States and India on April 26, and in Russia on April 29 in Imax and 3D. It was originally scheduled to be released in the United States on May 3. Radio liberty alleged that the Russian government postponed the film's release in that country to promote Russian-produced films. Avengers: Endgame is part of Phase three of the MCU.

Home video:Avengers: Endgame was released in the US on digital distribution by Walt Disney studios Home Entertainment on July 30, and on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu ray and DVD on August 13. The film was released on both Digital HD and Blu-ray on September 2 in the UK. Streaming is exclusive to Disney+ since November 12. The digital and Blu-ray releases include behind-the-scenes featurettes, audio commentary, deleted scenes, and a blooper reel. Despite being filmed with IMAX cameras and released in IMAX theaters in the 1.90:1 aspect ratio, the home media release only includes the cropped 2.39:1 aspect ratio version that was used for non-IMAX screenings. 

6.)Box office:Avengers: Endgame grossed $858.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $1.939 billion in other territories, for a worldwide total of $2.8 billion. It is the highest grossing film of all time, as well as the second highest grossing of all time in the United States and Canada. Adjusted for inflation, Gone with the wind (1939) remains the highest-grossing film, and Avengers: Endgame is the fifth highest grossing of all time worldwide.The film had a worldwide opening of $1.2 billion, the biggest of all time and nearly double Infinity War's previous record of $640.5 million. It was also the fastest film ever to eclipse the $1 billion and $1.5 billion mark, doing so in just five days and eight days respectively (less than half what it took Infinity War). Deadline Hollywood estimated the film would break even just five days after its release, which is "unheard of for a major studio tentpole during its opening weekend". The website eventually calculated the final net profit of the film to be $890 million, accounting for production budgets, P&A, talent participations, and other costs, with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from home media, placing it first on their list of 2019's "Most Valuable Blockbusters".On May 4, the film's earnings at the global box office passed the entire theatrical run of Infinity War and became the fastest film ever to gross $2 billion worldwide, amassing the amount in only 11 days (beating Avatar that did so in 47 days). It also became the fifth film to surpass this threshold (after Avatar, Titanic, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Infinity War), and the second film to surpass the threshold of $2.5 billion, doing so in just 20 days, outpacing Avatar's record of 72 days. At the 2019 San Diego Comic-con, Feige announced that Disney had overlooked $2 million of weekday ticket sales when doing accounting and that Endgame would surpass Avatar's total box office return that weekend to be the highest-grossing film.Pre-sale recordsIn late December 2018, Endgame was named the second-most anticipated 2019 film by IMDb behind Captain Marvel, the most anticipated 2019 blockbuster according to the ticketing service Fandango, and the most anticipated overall film by Atom tickets.Due to the high demand when pre-sale tickets became available in the U.S. on April 2, 2019, customers on both Atom Tickets and Fandango experienced long wait times and system delays, while AMC Theatres' website and app crashed completely for several hours. The same day, Fandango announced the film became its top-selling pre-sale title for the first 24 hours, topping Star Wars: The Force Awakens' previous record in just six hours. Atom said the film was also the website's best selling first-day film (outselling Aquaman by four times), and Regal cinemas reported that Endgame had sold more tickets in its first eight hours than Infinity War did in its entire first week. The film grossed $120–140 million in pre-sales alone. The day prior to the film's release, Fandango announced it was its biggest pre-selling title of all time, beating The Force Awakens, with over 8,000 sold-out showtimes across the country.In India, the film sold one million tickets in just one day for the English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu language screenings; 18 tickets were sold every second. In China, pre-sale tickets became available on April 12 and sold a record one million tickets in just six hours, outselling Infinity War's first 24-hour total within the first hour, and made $114.5 million (RMB 770 million) just from pre-sales. on April 4, industry tracking projected the film would gross $200–250 million domestically during its opening weekend, although some insiders saw those figures as conservative and expected a $260–300 million-debut. By the week of its release, domestic estimates had risen to $260–270 million, with some insiders still suggesting a $300 million debut was possible. The film played in 4,662 theaters, 410 of which were in IMAX; it is the widest release ever, surpassing the record of Despicable me 3's 4,529 theaters. Avengers: Endgame earned $357.1 million in its opening weekend, breaking Infinity War's record by nearly $100 million. It also set records for Friday ($157.5 million, including $60 million from Thursday night previews), Saturday ($109.3 million) and Sunday ($90.4 million) totals, as well as was more of a total gross alone than the previous box office high of all films combined ($314 million). The film then made $36.9 million on Monday and $33.1 million on Tuesday, both the third-highest of all time. In its second weekend the film made $147.4 million (the second-best sophomore frame ever) for a 10-day total of $621.3 million. It was the fastest film to ever pass the $600 million milestone, beating The Force Awakens' 12 days and less than half the 26 days it took Infinity War. The following week, the film grossed $64.8 million, the fourth-best third weekend ever. It also passed the $700 million mark, tying The Force Awakens' record of 16 days. Endgame was finally dethroned in its fourth weekend by newcomer John Wick: Chapter 3– Parabellum, however its $29.3 million was enough for it to pass Avatar as the second-highest-grossing film ever domestically. It made $17.2 million the following weekend (and a total of $22.3 million over the four-day Memorial Day frame), crossing the $800 million threshold domestically.During the re-release, which occurred over its tenth weekend, the film was added to 1,040 theaters and made $6.1 million, an increase of 207% from the previous weekend.In its thirteenth weekend the film made $1.2 million, which put it over the threshold to top Avatar's all-time record, and brought its running domestic total to $854.2 million.Other territoriesInternationally, Endgame was projected to gross around $680 million over its first five days for a global debut of $850–950 million. The film was initially projected to gross $250–280 million in China in its opening weekend, but made a record $107.5 million (RMB 719 million) in the country on its first day, including $28.2 million (RMB 189 million) from midnight, 3 AM and 6 am screenings, beating The fate of the furious previous record of $9.1 million. Due to the record-breaking first day, partnered with word of mouth (with a 9.1 on local review aggregator Douban and a 9.3 on ticket website Maoyan), debut projections were increased to over $300 million. Overall, the film made $169 million on the first day from international countries, the highest total of all time. Its largest markets after China were India ($9 million), South Korea ($8.4 million; the largest non-holiday single day gross ever), Australia ($7.1 million), France ($6 million) and Italy ($5.8 million). Like domestically, the film ended up over-performing and debuted to $866.5 million overseas. Not only was it the highest foreign amount ever, but it was single-handedly more than Infinity War's global opening of $640 million. Its largest markets, every one of which set the record for best-ever opening in the country, were China ($330.5 million; RMB 2.22 billion), the United Kingdom ($53.8 million), South Korea ($47.4 million), Mexico ($33.1 million), Australia ($30.8 million), Brazil ($26 million), Spain ($13.3 million), Japan ($13 million)^[160] and Vietnam ($10 million). It also made $21.6 million over its first four days in Russia after a delay of its premiere that was caused by the Russian government.In its first week, the film's top five largest international markets were China ($459.4 million), the United Kingdom ($68.2 million), South Korea ($60.3 million), Mexico ($48.6 million), and India ($40.9 million). A week after its release, it became the highest-grossing foreign film of all time in China and India. In its second weekend the film's running total passed $1.569 billion from international markets, passing Titanic as the second-highest film overseas of all time.As of August 25, 2019, the film's top international markets were China ($614 million), United Kingdom ($115 million), South Korea ($105 million), Brazil ($86 million), and Mexico ($78 million).

7.) Released:US on digital download by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Disney+), Cinemas, Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD, illegal streaming services.

8.) Reviews: 
Peter Debruge of Variety wrote, "After the must-see showdown that was Infinity War, the Russo brothers deliver a more fan-facing three-hour followup, rewarding loyalty to Marvel Cinematic Universe." J. R. Kinnard of Popmatters wrote, "Big budget action filmmaking doesn't get much better than this." Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood reporter said, "[W]hat comes across most strongly here, oddly enough for an effects-driven comic-book-derived film, is the character acting, especially from Downey, Ruffalo, Evans, Hemsworth, Brolin and Paul Rudd". Richard Roeper, writing for the Chicago Sun-Times , gave the film four stars and praised its "emotional punch", as well as the "funny, well-paced, smart, expertly rendered screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, crisp direction from Anthony Russo and Joe Russo..., and the universally stellar performances".