Research - BFI stats

Genre chapter 4

1. Animation, Comedy and Action were the three most successful genres at the UK box office.
2. War, Documentary and Romance were the three least successful genres at the UK box office.
3. Comedy had the most released films in 2013-14
4. 153 Comedy films were made in 2013-14
5. 33 Animated films were made in 2013-14
6. 47 Action films were made in 2013-14
7. The information above tells us that it doesn't necessarily matter how many films of a particular genre are produced to make it the most popular genre (i.e. Action) and that in the years 2013-14 Comedy was the most preferred genre overall.

Audience chapter 15

1. The 15-24 age group made up the largest proportion of cinema admissions in the UK.
2. The most successful film of this age group was Hangover part 3.
3. The most successful film of the 50+ age group was Quartet which is a hybrid genre Drama/Comedy.
4. Action, Comedy and Thriller were the three most popular genres with men.
5. Documentary, Animation and Drama were the three most popular genres with women.
6. The UK films appealed to men most in 2013-14.
7. One Direction - This is us, Wreck it Ralph and Despicable me 2 were the most popular films with the 7-14 age group. This shows us that the most preferred genre of that age group is animation.
8. The most popular films with the 35-44 age group were Frozen, The Croods and Jack and the Giant Slayer this is likely because men and women of that age group typically have younger children and therefore are taking their children to see the films as they are too young to go on their own.
9. Djano Unchained, Fast and Furious 6 and Rush were the three most popular films with the 25-34 age group.
10. Rush, Captain Philips and Gravity were the most popular with C1 middle class audiences and Oz the Great and Powerful, Fast and Furious 6 and Despicable Me 2 were the most popular with C2 middle class audiences.
11. In London Djano, Fast and Furious and Gravity were the most popular films, whereas in Scotland Sunshine on Leith, Filth and Star Treck were the most popular. This could be because Londoner's typically prefer Hollywood blockbusters and other American Style films whereas audiences in Scotland prefer films that are locally set.

Extension: I also found out that Wales only make up 12% of the UK statistics meaning that cinema isn't as popular in Wales as it is in the rest of the UK. I also found out that UK independent films genres; Comedy, Thriller, Crime and Biopic are the most popular than other UK and Hollywood films in the box office.