1. Target Audience Research
The followingstatisticsare the Top10 moviesfromthisWeekends Box Office Results (October 30th
-
1st
2015)
From thisweekend’sresultsthere are 3Horror moviesinthe Top10, these are Goosebumps,which
has grosseda massive $9,867,077. AlsoParanormal Activity:The GhostDimension,whichhasagross
of $3,435,120 andfinallyCrimsonsPeak,whichhasagross of $3,072,100. Because there is3 horror
movieswithinthe Top10 suggeststhattheyare verypopularat thismoment.
Thistable showsthe popularityof the majorityof the horrorsubgenres.Accordingtothis table
Horror-Supernatural isthe mostcommon,withagross of $293.5. This subgenre usuallyGhosts,
demonsorother depictionsof supernatural occurrences.The secondmostpopularsubgenreis
Horror-Terrorin the Water,whichhas a gross of $260.0, and the most popularfilminthatgenre was
Jaws.
2. Thistable showsthe Top 20 Moviesof 2015 (sofar). It tellsme that horrorsare a fairlypopulargenre
withinthe UKbecause 4 of the top 20 moviesin2015 are horror movies.
In conclusionIbelieve thathorrormovieshave beenverypopularin2015. I have noticedthatthere
has alwaysbeenatleast2 horror movieswithinthe top 10 movies,notonlydidittell usthe movie
name but italso toldme the distributorof the movie,whichwill helpme infuture research.These
tableshave alsoallowedme toidentifythe favourite horrorsubgenres,whichwill helpme tosee
whatpeople prefertowatch.