Box office Mojo shows that the most popular romantic comedy of all time was My Big Fat Greek from the opening theatres it showed it was only showing in 108 which shows they didn’t think it would be a great success as it was a low budget film. We would want to make a 'sleeper film' which is a film that has achieved unexpected hits in the industry. The films would have very little advertising and it would usually take a while for the public to be interested in it, the film relies on great reviews and publicity to do well in the cinema's. Sleeper films often have great success by having the most viewers, such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding which ended up being a great success. Also There's something about Mary became another great sleepers film through publicity and good reviews and grew to the top of the box office on its 8th week of release. Most of these films are given a small budget to start their film but end up being a good success and earning more money. Juno became a small budget of $6.5million and ended up being a very good success with the release date being brought forward to cinema's after recieving great reviews on the film. Starting off with a small budget the film then recieved $231,411,584 after the film had been viewed worldwide. It became a great success being a sleeper film.
| Rank | Title (click to view) | Studio | Lifetime Gross / Theaters | Opening / Theaters | Date | ||
| 1 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | IFC | $241,438,208 | 2,016 | $597,362 | 108 | 4/19/02 |
| 2 | What Women Want | Par. | $182,811,707 | 3,092 | $33,614,543 | 3,012 | 12/15/00 |
| 3 | Hitch | Sony | $179,495,555 | 3,575 | $43,142,214 | 3,575 | 2/11/05 |
| 4 | Pretty Woman | BV | $178,406,268 | 1,811 | $11,280,591 | 1,325 | 3/23/90 |
| 5 | There's Something About Mary | Fox | $176,484,651 | 2,555 | $13,740,644 | 2,186 | 7/15/98 |
| 6 | The Proposal | BV | $163,958,031 | 3,158 | $33,627,598 | 3,056 | 6/19/09 |
| 7 | Sex and the City | WB (NL) | $152,647,258 | 3,325 | $57,038,404 | 3,285 | 5/30/08 |
| 8 | Runaway Bride | Par. | $152,257,509 | 3,240 | $35,055,556 | 3,158 | 7/30/99 |
| 9 | Knocked Up | Uni. | $148,768,917 | 2,975 | $30,690,990 | 2,871 | 6/1/07 |
| 10 | As Good as It Gets | Sony | $148,478,011 | 1,837 | $12,606,928 | 1,572 | 12/23/97 |
Interesting, although it might also be useful to do a little primary research - maybe a simple questionnaire around the VI form to see if your ideas about genre are accurate? Also, some evidence of your analysis of opening sequences, since you have just over a week to get this done.
ReplyDeleteWhat qualities would you imagine such a "sleeper" hit might have? You might want to take a look t this Wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeper_hit#Sleeper_films) for some ideas. You should also look at the production budget compared to the final budget, since this will tell you if it's a sleeper hit (a small budget with a big profit)
ReplyDelete