Institutional Research

Who Could Distribute my movies

Looking at recent films in the zombie genre, I think that it would be either Paramount or Warner Brothers would distribute my film; if it was made to a blockbuster standard. Another route that could be explored is Universal Pictures (Universal Studios) as they have many great films under their belt but have no BIG zombie movies, a place which I feel they would like to explore, after distributing films like "Warcraft". Looking back at films, I think almost every one of the big six (Minus Disney) would consider distributing my film. This is because most of the big distribution companies have dabbled in the zombie genre with similar motifs as my own. Although I feel that many other distribution companies would consider distributing my movie, I feel like either Paramount or Warner brothers would be my best bet, as they have released previous films like "World War Z" and the up coming "The Girl with all the Gifts" Due to the films having similar Target Audiences I feel that Paramount And Warner know how to supply these types of films to the masses.

As for Production, I feel that as the big Distribution companies own many production companies, I feel that whichever company takes on my media text, they would bring their own production companies in. This is so these companies maximize their total income from the movie, something which is very common for these big companies to do. Certain actors own their own Production companies, these companies would also be used if specific actors are in films. For example Brad Pitt owns "Plan B Entertainment" and Adam Sandler owns "Happy Madison". Other than that I feel that A production company like "Legendary Entertainment" Would take on the task of producing my movie. "Legendary Entertainment"  have produced many big movies for instance  they produced "Warcraft" "300" "The Hangover" and "Interstellar."

I think Legendary Pictures would want to produce my media text because the last zombie movie they made (Dead Rising) was not really well received nor was really made as a "blockbuster" movie. Legendary Pictures would want to rebuild their reputation for zombie films by making a good one which would be more widely known.

The next step is how much would Paramount supply for the creation of the movie. For this I researched how much they usually supply to a movie to for their blockbuster movies. below is a list of movies and how much they cost to produce.

Interstellar (Jointly distributed with Warner brothers) - $165,000,000

World War Z - $125,000,000

Titanic - $200,000,000

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $200,000,000

Forrest Gump - $55,000,000

Star Trek - $150,000,000

War Of the Worlds - $132,000,000

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - $145,000,000

These numbers suggest that a brand new blockbuster could see a budget somewhere between $100-150 Million. This allows the director enough money to hire A-List celebrities alongside produce a high quality production that could span worldwide for incredible, realistic scenes alongside incredible Computer Generated Imagery.