Audience Research- FDA

The Imitation Game (Tyldum, 2014) PG

 Budget  
$14,000,000  
Opening Weekend
$7,932,292 (USA) (10 Jan 15)
 Gross
$35,362,000 (USA) (10 Jan 15)
$66,446,547 (Worldwide) (10 Jan 15)

This film has been very successful as in the opening weekend it already made more than over half of the  films budget.



A Walk Amongst the Tombstones (Frank, 2014) 15
Budget
$28,000,000 (estimated) 
Gross
$20,830,290 (USA) (28 Sep 14)
Weekend Gross
$4,192,785 (USA) (28 Sep 14) (2,714 Screens)

This film was not as successful as 'The Imitation Game' in the opening weekend. A reason for this could be because it was only for the ages of 15 and above whereas 'The Imitation Game' was open to a wider range of ages.

 The Equalizer (Fuqua 2014) 15

Budget

$55,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend

$34,137,828 (USA) (28 Sep 14) (3,236 Screens)

HUF 34,878,750 (Hungary) (28 Sep 14)

Gross

$100,454,738 (USA) (12 Dec 14)

$64,236,992 (USA) (5 Oct 14)

$34,137,828 (USA) (28 Sep 14)

$191,254,738 (Worldwide) (12 Dec 14)

$860,421 (Portugal) (12 Dec 14)

This was again a very successful film and even tough the age restriction was 15 and above it still made more than half the budget in the opening weekend.

Lucy (Besson 2014) 12A
Budget
$40,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend
$43,899,340 (USA) (27 Jul 14) (3,173 Screens)
HUF 68,739,731 (Hungary) (10 Aug 14)
€536,316 (Netherlands) (3 Aug 14) (82 Screens)
PHP 57,530,074 (Philippines) (10 Aug 14) (122 Screens)
Gross
$125,480,625 (USA) (28 Sep 14)
$117,756,000 (USA) (31 Aug 14)
$97,354,000 (USA) (10 Aug 14)$79,539,975 (USA) (3 Aug 14) 
$43,899,340 (USA) (27 Jul 14) 
$126,663,600 (USA) $458,863,600 (worldwide)

Lucy was the most successful film out of all of them as the opening weekend made nearly $4,000,000 more than the budget of the film. Again this could be due to the fact that the viewing was for a wider range of ages.

 

 Gone Girl (Fincher 2014) 18
Budget
$61,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend
$37,513,109 (USA) (5 Oct 14) (3,014 Screens)
HUF 39,167,770 (Hungary) (5 Oct 14)
Gross
$37,513,109 (USA) (5 Oct 14)
$167,238,510 (USA)
$338,819,589 (Worldwide) (12 Dec 14)
$365,438,510 (worldwide)
$198,200,000 (Non-USA)
$843,673 (Portugal) (12 Dec 14)
€4,206,655 (Spain) (2 Nov 14)

Gone girl was a very successful film even though it was for adults. The film made more than over half of the films budget. A reason that this film was more successful than the film that were 15 age restricted could be because people around the ages of 18 and above are more likely to go to the cinema more often.