G321 Re-sit- Top Grossing Romance and Comedy films of 2011

Top US Grossing Comedies of 2011

The Change Up- Certificate 15

• A comedy in which a married father accidentally switches bodies with his best friend, leading to a series of wildly complex difficulties.
• Budget $52,000,000 est
• Took $13,531,115 on the first weekend in the USA over 2913 screens

Crazy, Stupid, love- Certificate 12A

• A father's life unravels while he deals with a marital crisis and tries to manage his relationship with his children.
• Budget $50,000,000 est
• Took $19,104,303 on the first weekend in the USA over 3020 screens

Midnight in Paris- Certificate 12A

• A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.
• Budget $30,000,000
• Took $599,003 on the first weekend in the USA over 6 screens

Top US Grossing Romance films of 2011

Three Musketeers- Certificate 12A

•  The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.
• Budget $75,000,000 est
• Took $8,674,452 over the opening weekend over 3017 screens

Bridesmaids- Certificate 15

• Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.
• Budget $32,500,000
• Took $26,247,410 over the opening weekend over 2918 screens

As the genre of our film is a hybrid of both Romance and Comedy I have looked at the highest grossing films from the two genres. By looking at these it has let me understand what type of story lines sell well and are popular amongst the public. This will help progress our initial ideas into final ideas as we can see from this information what makes a good Rom-Com and will allow us to include the right situations to make it a success.




Information sourced from the IMDB website

G321 Re-Sit- Question 4- Certification 15

The content included within the opening of our film would not have been rated a 15 however, the film in its entirety would have been rated as this. We were able to come to this conclusion after comparing the film contents to the BBFC certificate permits. The film is a romantic comedy so, other scenes within the film may have included nudity/sexual activity which would not have been allowed to have been shown in a certificate 12 film. Later on in the film break up scenes would also have been included and slightly strong language may have been involved to show frustration and anger between the characters. The target audience four our film is aged 15+ and this is another reason why our film would have been a certificate 15 in order to correspond with this.

G321 Re-Sit- Evaluation Question 2

Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups? on Prezi

G321 Re-Sit- Filming Schedule for Actors

Filming Schedule

G321 Re-Sit- Generic Conventions of Romantic Comedies

G321 Re-Sit- Target Audience Member Moodboard

Here, I have created a mood board of what the potential viewer of our film may look like. I have included activities which they might be interested in, including, shopping, socialising and keeping fit. Also, I have included a number of different people from different backgrounds and demographic groups. On the right side of the mood board I have included a range of clothing and accessories which the viewer may wear. These ideas correspond with the Target Audience Profile.

Target Audience Mooodboard

Re-Sit January 2012