Institution Research

Warner Bros is probably the most successful institution of films producing a total of 484 movies from 1995-2011. Two insitutions that could rival Warner Bros. in the amount of films released is Sony Pictures which has released a total of 505 films and Paramount Pictures which has released 326 films. Warner Bros has also created the largest profit total of $25,673,452,123 which beating both of its rivals as Sony Pictures has a total profit of $23,343,330,567 and Paramount has a total of $20,901,219,187. This evidences that Warner Bros is definitely the largest film institution however it is perhaps not the most successful as in terms of average gross Paramount pictures has an average gross of $64,114,169

Warner Bros has a good history of producing film noir films producing films of film noir such as Blade Runner, The Dark Knight and L.A. Confidential. The Blade Runner proved to be highly popular and screened on 1295 screens in the US on the opening weekend which saw the film make $6,150,002. L.A Confidential also had some success on the opening weekend and was shown in 768 screens in the US on it opening weekend bringing in a gross of $5,211,198. However out of these 3 films the Dark Knight was by far the most popular and was shown in 4366 screens in the opening weekend making an impressive gross of $158,411,483

Due to the success that Warner Bros has had producing film noir films I have decided to choose this as the institution that will produce my film. I think Warner Bros. will benefit my film most due to its reputation a production company and the fact I can see my film being successful using this company rather than Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures and any other company.