Each week I look at a different topic around the film industry, focusing on the data and statistics which reveal what’s going on.
I’ve always wondered if film critics are biased towards certain types of movies, so I thought I would take a look at what the data can tell us. I looked that the 100 highest grossing films from each of the past 20 years, which gave me 2,000 films to study. I then cross referenced data […]
This is the fifth of ten articles revealing the results of my survey of 1,235 film industry professionals. More details of the survey and my methodology can be found here and for any questions or clarification please contact me. If you would like to read the full survey results right now then sign up for my […]
Towards the end of last year the BFI re-published numbers showing how poorly the average British film performs at the box office. Overall only 7% made a profit, and that figure drops to 3.4% when you look at films costing under £500,000. The figure was certainly headline-grabbing, but it wasn’t the whole picture. Firstly, it […]
This is the second of a three part series on gender in the film industry. The first article was published on Monday and looked at new data I’ve gathered for the global film business. The third article will be published on Friday and is a collation of all the film gender studies I could find. […]
The BFI have published the latest version of their annual publication, the BFI Statistical Yearbook 2013, which focuses on data collected in 2012. You can download the full 254 page report here at www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/film-industry-statistics-research/statistical-yearbook I’ve gone through and picked out what I regard as the 49 most interesting nuggets about the UK Film Industry. 1. Women […]
