By Danielle Fletcher.

FILM COMPANIES

Production Companies:• Pixar – California

• DiNovi Pictures – US – If I Stay, The Best of Me, The Lucky One

• Screen Gems – California – The Vow, Friends with Benefits.

• Columbia - Hollywood• Walt Disney• Lions Gate

• Universal Studios• Working Title Films - Love Actually

• Spy Glass Entertainment • Warner Brothers• New Line Cinema

• Temple Hill Entertainment - The Fault in Our Stars.

• LBI Productions - The Other Woman.

• Temple Hill Entertainment – Safe Haven.

Screen Gems. Screen Gems are a Californian, non-genre specific production company,

however it has produced many romances films such as: • The Vow: Budget: $30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: $41,202,458 (USA) (10 February 2012) Gross: $125,014,030 (USA) (11 May 2012)

• Friends with Benefits: Budget: $35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: $18,622,150 (USA) (22 July 2011)

Gross: $55,802,754 (USA) (16 September 2011)

• Dear John: Budget: $25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: £1,995,301 (UK) (16 April 2010)

Gross: £5,445,790 (UK) (14 May 2010)

Through my research I discovered that although Screen Gems is not a genre specific company, the three romance films above rank in the top 6

highest gross value. Therefore, based on these figures, I believe that Screen Gems would be a good production company to use for the genre of

Romance.

DiNovi Pictures.Denise Di Novi set up her own production company at Columbus Pictures in

1993. A major of the films she produced are Romance;• The Best of Me: Budget: $26,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: $10,003,827 (USA) (17 October 2014)

Gross: $10,681,140 (USA) (20 October 2014)

• The Lucky One: Budget: $25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: $22,518,358 (USA) (20 April 2012)

Gross: $60,443,237 (USA) (13 July 2012)

• If I Stay: Budget: $11,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: $15,679,190 (USA) (22 August 2014)

Gross: $50,324,950 (USA) (17 October 2014)

Being a small production company based in the US, Di Novi doesn’t actually specialise in a particular genre, however the three latest films she produced within the last 2 years are all in the genre of Romance. The Gross values of each film are quite high, spite the fact that ‘The Best of Me’ has only been

out for less than a week.

Temple Hill Entertainment.• Temple Hill Entertainment is an American based film production company

established in February 2006. Three romance films produced by this company are:

• The Fault in Our Stars: Budget: $12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: $48,002,523 (USA) (6 June 2014)

Gross: $124,868,837 (USA) (3 October 2014)

• Save Haven: Budget: $28,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: $21,401,594 (USA) (15 February 2013)

Gross: $71,346,930 (USA) (24 May 2013)

• The Twilight Saga; New Moon: Budget: $50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend: £11,683,158 (UK) (20 November 2009)

Gross: $296,623,634 (USA) (29 June 2010)

Comparing this film production company to ‘Screen Gems’ and ‘DiNovi Pictures’, it’s Gross value is a lot higher. Temple Hill Entertainment is a larger company and therefore does not specialise in one specific genre.

Distribution Companies:• 20th Century Fox

• Columbia Pictures – New York• Universal Pictures• Screen Gems• All-Star Pictures

• Camelot Distribution• Lions Gate Entertainment.