300

King Leonidas and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.

Director: Zack Snyder

Cast: Gerard Butler, David Wenham, Lena Headey (All British actors)

Budget
$65,000,000 (estimated)

Gross
$210,592,590 (USA) (8 July 2007)
$210,515,491 (USA) (1 July 2007)
$210,403,344 (USA) (24 June 2007)
$210,234,156 (USA) (17 June 2007)
$209,960,532 (USA) (10 June 2007)
$209,577,214 (USA) (3 June 2007)
$209,184,269 (USA) (27 May 2007)
$208,656,942 (USA) (20 May 2007)
$207,871,046 (USA) (6 May 2007)
$206,897,885 (USA) (29 April 2007)
$204,644,259 (USA) (22 April 2007)
$200,826,000 (USA) (15 April 2007)
$179,941,919 (USA) (1 April 2007)
$129,165,656 (USA) (18 March 2007)
$70,885,301 (USA) (11 March 2007)
£13,986,190 (UK) (29 April 2007)
£13,653,786 (UK) (22 April 2007)
£13,012,859 (UK) (15 April 2007)
£11,586,135 (UK) (8 April 2007)
£9,073,923 (UK) (1 April 2007)
€1,835,957 (Netherlands) (29 April 2007)
€714,509 (Netherlands) (25 March 2007)
PHP 143,138,071 (Philippines) (6 May 2007)
PHP 101,000,000 (Philippines) (3 April 2007)
PHP 67,620,000 (Philippines) (18 March 2007)
PHP 36,562,500 (Philippines) (11 March 2007)
RUR 265,523,781 (Russia) (29 April 2007)
RUR 260,047,344 (Russia) (22 April 2007)
RUR 254,060,280 (Russia) (15 April 2007)
RUR 244,145,425 (Russia) (8 April 2007)
RUR 212,841,283 (Russia) (1 April 2007)
RUR 129,658,761 (Russia) (25 March 2007)

Production Companies
• Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)
• Legendary Pictures (in association with)
• Virtual Studios (in association with)
• Hollywood Gang Productions
• Atmosphere Entertainment MM
Distributors
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Sogefilms S.A. (2007) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2007) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• AOL Film Downloads (2007) (USA) (video) (internet)
• Argentina Video Home (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Facets Multimedia Distribution (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Turner Network Television (TNT) (2009) (USA) (TV)
• Veronica (2010) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (2007) (USA) (TV) (syndication)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (HD-DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Vidéo (2007) (France) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vidéo (2007) (France) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Vidéo (2007) (France) (DVD) (HD DVD)
• Warner Home Vidéo (2009) (France) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects
• Animal Logic (visual effects)
• Amalgamated Pixels
• At The Post (visual effects)
• Buzz Image Group (visual effects)
• CA Scanline Production (visual effects) (as Scanline)
• Creature Effects (make-up special effects)
• Gentle Giant Studios
• Hybride Technologies (visual effects)
• Hydraulx (visual effects)
• Intrigue
• Lola Visual Effects (visual effects) (as Lola VFX)
• Meteor Studios
• New Deal Studios (additional photography)
• Pixel Magic (visual effects)
• ScanlineVFX
• Screaming Death Monkey (visual effects)
• Technicolor Creative Services (visual effects) (as Technicolor - Toronto and Montreal)
• XYZ-RGB (cyber scanning)
Other Companies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment dollies
• Company 3 digital intermediate
• Dolby Laboratories sound post-production
• Earth Media Studios post-production
• Locations Michel Trudel Chapman camera dollies
• Marcella C. Public Relations DVD publicity
• Metro Voices choir
• Panavision cameras and lenses
• Pictorvision stabilized ground head
• Pivotal Post Avid editing equipment provided by
• Warner Bros. Records soundtrack
• Warner Sunset Records soundtrack
• Wildfire Studios ADR recording facility
• Wilshire Stages, The ADR recording facility
• yU+Co. titles

It was filmed mostly with a super-imposition chroma key technique, to help replicate the imagery of the original comic book.

Snyder shot at the now-defunct Icestorm Studios in Montreal using bluescreens.

The post-production lasted for a year and was handled by a total of ten special effects companies.[

Studios
Legendary Pictures
Virtual Studios
Cruel and Unusual Films (uncredited)

Virtual Studios

• Duane Hopwood (2005)
• V for Vendetta (2006)
• Poseidon (2006)
• The Good German (2006)
• Blood Diamond (2006)
• 300 (2007)
• Gardener of Eden (2007)
• First Born (2007)
• Next (2007)
• Nancy Drew (2007)
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
• Cassandra's Dream (2007)
• Hall Pass (2011)
• Priest (2011)


Legendary Pictures is an American film production company based in Burbank, California founded by Thomas Tull. The company has a 7-year, 40-picture agreement to co-produce and co-finance with Warner Bros., starting in 2005. Legendary Pictures' first full-length feature with Warner Bros. was the comic book movie, Batman Begins, soon followed by another comic book adaptation, Superman Returns.

• Batman Begins (2005)
• Superman Returns (2006)
• Lady in the Water (2006)
• The Ant Bully (2006)
• Beerfest (2006)
• We Are Marshall (2006)
• 300 (2007)
• 10,000 BC (2008)
• The Dark Knight (2008)

Vertical integration because Warner owns the studio where it was filmed.

Little Fockers

Storyline

It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam (Polo) and countless hurdles for Greg to finally get "in" with his tightly wound father-in-law, Jack. After the cash-strapped dad takes a job moonlighting for a drug company, however, Jack's suspicions about his favorite male nurse come roaring back. When Greg and Pam's entire clan-including Pam's lovelorn ex, Kevin (Owen Wilson)-descends for the twins' birthday party, Greg must prove to the skeptical Jack that he's fully capable as the man of the house. But with all the misunderstandings, spying and covert missions, will Greg pass Jack's final test and become the family's next patriarch...or will the circle of trust be broken for good?

Production

Production Budget:

$100,000,000 (estimated)

Gross

$148,383,780 (USA) (13 March 2011)
$148,219,535 (USA) (6 March 2011)
$147,980,230 (USA) (27 February 2011)
$147,233,490 (USA) (13 February 2011)
$146,542,285 (USA) (6 February 2011)
$144,727,470 (USA) (30 January 2011)
$141,111,705 (USA) (23 January 2011)
$135,621,520 (USA) (16 January 2011)
$123,687,760 (USA) (9 January 2011)
$102,576,190 (USA) (2 January 2011)
$45,083,800 (USA) (26 December 2010)
£18,794,947 (UK) (30 January 2011)
£18,250,639 (UK) (23 January 2011)
£17,160,483 (UK) (16 January 2011)
£15,282,292 (UK) (9 January 2011)
£11,159,635 (UK) (2 January 2011)
£8,519,022 (UK) (26 December 2010)

2010

• Leap Year (co-production with Spyglass Entertainment)
• The Wolfman (co-production with Relativity Media)
• Kick-Ass (UK distribution only: co-production with Marv Films and Lionsgate)
• Green Zone (co-production with StudioCanal and Working Title Films)
• Repo Men (co-production with Relativity Media)
• Robin Hood (co-production with Imagine Entertainment and Scott Free Productions)
• MacGruber (co-production with Rogue Pictures and Relativity Media)
• Get Him to the Greek (co-production with Apatow Productions, Spyglass Entertainment and Relativity Media)
• Despicable Me (co-production with Illumination Entertainment)
• Charlie St. Cloud (co-production with Relativity Media)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (co-production with Big Talk Productions)
• Nanny McPhee Returns (or in UK as Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang) (co-production with StudioCanal, Relativity Media and Working Title Films)
• Devil (co-production with Blinding Edge Pictures, The Night Chronicles and Media Rights Capital)
• Skyline (co-production with Rogue Pictures, and Relativity Media)
• Little Fockers (co-production with Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks and Relativity Media)

Directed by Paul Weitz who has also directed American Pie and co-directed About A Boy which were both huge hits.

Distributed by Paramount Pictures and Dream Works. Dream Works being the copy right holder.

Filming Locations

• Chicago Hilton & Towers - 720 S. Michigan Avenue, Downtown, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• (exterior scenes)
• Long Beach, California, USA
• Los Angeles Athletic Club - 431 W. 7th Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
• (bar)
• Los Angeles, California, USA
• Sheridan Ave El Station, Chicago, Illinois, USA

The film was shown in USA, Canada, UK and a few more European countries.

It is available on DVD and Blue Ray.

The film would be shown in the O2 view because of how popular the first two films were.

The Adjustment Bureau

Box Office

Budget
$51,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend
$21,157,730 (USA) (6 March 2011) (2,840 Screens)
Gross
$21,157,730 (USA) (6 March 2011)
Weekend Gross
$21,157,730 (USA) (6 March 2011) (2,840 Screens)

Devil

Box Office Figures:
Budget
$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend
$12,289,375 (USA) (19 September 2010) (2,809 Screens)

Gross
$33,583,175 (USA) (14 November 2010)
$33,466,560 (USA) (7 November 2010)
$33,099,550 (USA) (31 October 2010)
$32,437,925 (USA) (24 October 2010)
$31,577,470 (USA) (17 October 2010)
$30,046,530 (USA) (10 October 2010)
$27,291,460 (USA) (4 October 2010)
$21,859,425 (USA) (26 September 2010)
$12,289,375 (USA) (19 September 2010)
£2,488,305 (UK) (3 October 2010)
£1,850,009 (UK) (26 September 2010)

As we can see above, the USA had much better sales than the UK did. I don't believe the film was targeted at a British audience as you can see by the figures there was a bigger sale in the USA where the film was made, with American actors. However, the film is based in a city and a thriller which may then target the niche audience of Brits of the demographics of occupations in the city or a lover of thrillers.

Comedy Films produced by Universal Studios

1997 - Liar Liar

2000- Nutty Professor 2

Meet the Parents

2001- American Pie 2

2003- Bruce Almighty

Love Actually

2004- Meet the Fockers

2005- The 40 year old Virgin

2006- You, Me and Dupree

2008- Forgetting Sarah Marshall

2010- Get Him to the Greek

US vs UK

St Trinians!

There is a difference between the US (top) and the UK (bottom) poster of St Trinians. Both have been created to attract the different countries target audience. Only the main characters are shown on the US poster, also showing Colin Firth as much more butch to attract an American audience. Furthermore, Russell Brand is shown more as around that time that is when he became quite big in the media. More characters are shown on the UK poster especially the student girls to show that it is set in a British school. They are at an angle to show anchorage of them being rebellious. The background of the UK poster is much more British again with the blue sky and the clouds showing nature as pretty in contrast to the rebellious cast. On the US poster the background is bright yellow to attract the eye of the American audience and to amplify the characters. The typography of the UK poster looks more old fashioned and traditional British handwriting compared to the US posters which is just bold and modern.