My Hollywood Case Study

The Hangover

Production: 
* Which company produced the film? Legendary Pictures, Green Hat Films, Benderspink
* Where did the funding come from?  Warner Bros. funded the film, who already had millions in their budget from previous big box office hits.
* What the production budget was. $35 million
* What year it was filmed. 2009
* How long did filming take? 3 months
*Where was it filmed? California, Nevada
* What equipment was used for filming? Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL, Panavision Primo Lens 
* Nationality? American
* Who owns the source material? Warner Bros.
* Who the main producer, director, cinematographer, editor, screen writer and music providers were. 
Producers - Daniel Goldberg, Todd Phillips
Director - Todd Phillips
Cinematographer - Lawrence Sher
Editor - Debra Neil - Fisher
Screen writers - Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Music provider - Christophe Beck
* Who the principle cast members are (star vehicles).
Ed Helms - Dr Stuart Price
Bradley Cooper - Philip Wenneck
Zach Galifianakis - Alan Garner
Justin Bartha - Douglas Billings
Ken Jeong - Leslie Chow

* Any other production information e.g. any problems?  'physically demanding' A few injuries filming the action scenes

 Distribution: 
 * Distribution company US - Warner Bros. Pictures
 * Marketing budget   $35 million
 * Test screening information
 * Release pattern 62 countries from The Netherlands - 30th May 2009 to Japan - 20th October 2011
 * Examples of marketing and promotion  Social Media platforms (Facebook, Twitter) which yielded an estimated 2.5 million impressions over social media.
 * What other media is it available on? DVD, Blu-Ray, YouTube, free movie sites, app stores
 * Any other information e.g, difficulties getting a
                     distributor?  Difficulties with the film title 'What Happens in Vegas' - New Line Pictures said they would only buy the script if the film was called 'What Happens in Vegas' but too many people claimed to have come up with it, so they rejected the script. The writers went off and wanted a raise, which was rejected by many film studios. Director Todd Phillips was then attached to the project and put it to Warner Bros. who then bought the script for $2 million

 Exhibition

 * Types of cinema shown in (Imax, 3D, MM, I, AH)
 * How long was it was on for
 * Box office figures   $467.5 million
 * Age classification (UK/USA)   15
 * Who the primary target audience was. Males aged 18-34
 * Success (compare to DVD/Blue-ray/download)
* Any other information e.g. did it get kept in cinemas longer than planned due to how successful it proved?