box office mojo
Box Office Mojo is a website which tracks box office revenue in a systematic way. In 2008, Box Office Mojo was purchased by the Internet movie database, owned by Amazon. The website is widely used within the film industry as a source of data and is the leading online box-office reporting service. Box Office Mojo is owned and operated by IMDb. IMDb is the internet movie database full of information related to movies, television programmes and video games- including cast, production crew, reviews ect.
IMDb searchable database offers more than 185 million data items, including more than 3 million movies, tv and entertainment programs and more than 6 million cast and crew members. Additionally, it offers critic and user reviews.
IMDb searchable database offers more than 185 million data items, including more than 3 million movies, tv and entertainment programs and more than 6 million cast and crew members. Additionally, it offers critic and user reviews.
why we chose slasher as our sub genre.
Below is a ranking of the top grossing films of Slashers. It is clear that slashers make a lot of money, especially the scream films. However, slashers do not make as much money as other horror sub-genres such as 'terror in the water' or ' R-rated'. This suggests that there is a gap in the market for a really good slasher film which is able to make as much money as films in other sub-genres. It is also clear that in the top 5 grossing slashers there are no films to do with surgeons or films of a medical nature - all suggesting that there is a gap in the market. For these reasons we have decided to create a trailer with the sub-genre slasher due to the gap in the market for this specific type of film.
Below is some data from box office mojo of other sub-genres of horros such as 'R-rated' and 'terror in the water'. These films have made more money than any of the slasher movies but it is still possible that slashers have the potential to reach these huge figures as it is less competition within the sub-genre slasher.