11. Post your answers to the BFI Statistics yearbook

GENRE – Chapter 4

The three most popular movie genres in 2013, in order, were animation, action, and comedy, according to UK box office. On the other end of the scale, we have the least successful genres. These were: romance, documentaries and war. Comedy released the most titles at 153 releases in 2013; drama had 141, and documentaries, 89. Despite being the most popular genres, animation only released 33 titles, and action released 47. This information tells me that small numbers of high grossing releases are the what affects the top genres of movies, as a larger audience are watching this genre.

AUDIENCES – Chapter 15 

The most common film audience in 2013 were 15-24 years old. The most successful movie for this age group was 'The Hangover III'. 'Quartet' was the most common movie for 55+ cinema-goers. Action, comedies and thrillers were the most popular genres with men. Women had a large range of genres witch they watched. The UK films applied to all demographic groups, but a particular appeal to those 45+. 7-14 year old demographic top three most popular movies were 'Wreck-it Ralph', 'Despicable Me 2' and 'Monsters University'. Their preferred genre was animation. The three films most popular with the 35-44 age group were 'Frozen', 'The Croods' and 'Jack and the Giant Slayer'. This makes sense as, in context, parents would take their children to the cinema. 25-34 had a strong appeal to action movies and their top movies were 'Django Unchained', followed by 'Fast & Furious 6', and 'Rush and Trance'. Social class, C1, top three movies were 'Rush' 'Captain Phillips' and 'Gravity'. Social class, C2, top three movies were 'Oz the Great and Powerful' 'Fast & Furious 6' and 'Despicable Me 2'. Scotland's most popular films were: 'Sunshine on Leith', 'Filth' and 'Star Treck Into Darkness'. London's top three movies were 'Django Unchained', 'Fast and Furious 6', and 'Gravity'. London's audience prefers action movies whereas Scotland prefers more relaxed films.