THE LIFE OF A FILM

FROZEN

Anna, a fearless optimist, sets off on an epic journey - teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven - to find her sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter.

Production: The budget of the film was $150 million, this was provided by Walt Disney Animation Studios

and Walt Disney Pictures which highlights that Disney is the owner of many companies making it easy for the Disney film ‘Frozen’ to get their money from the Disney

companies. Walt Disney Animation Studios has also produced Wreck-It Ralph, Tangled and Bolt for example and Walt Disney Pictures produced Tangled, Monsters

University and Inside Out for example. There are many theatrical distributors for the film Frozen but this is mostly covered by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures showing vertical variation as they distribute the film entirely themselves . It was released worldwide by Disney and Universal in November to tie in with the Christmas and Thanks Giving holidays.

EXHIBITION

The box office took 1274.3 from the film worldwide and was shown in local multiplex cinema’s as it is a big blockbuster and Disney released it along with plenty of merchandise. Frozen would be available in all home exhibition and was the most legally filmed film to be streamed.

HORRID HENRY THE MOVIE

The first ever British kid's movie to be filmed in 3D, Horrid Henry: The Movie stars Anjelica Huston as Henry's terrifying teacher Miss Battle-Axe, alongside, Rebecca Front as Henry's headmistress Ms Oddbod and Richard E Grant as a rival headmaster, with Parminder Nagra as Miss Lovely, and Noel Fielding as Ed Banger.

Production: The budget of he film was very low but is not known, this was provided by Vertigo Films, Novel Entertainment Productions, Prescience, Aegis Film Fund and UK Film Council. Vertigo Films also produced Street Dance, Novel Entertainment Productions produced the programme Fimbles. Prescience produced Chef, Aegis Film Fund produced Katie’s story and UK Film Council produced The King’s Speech.

There are many theatrical distributors for the film including Vertigo Films (UK), Phase 4 Films (US and Canada), Entertainment One (US and Canada and five others. It has been distributed into 27 countries and translated into 22 languages. The film was also released in November to tie in with the Christmas and Thanks Giving holidays.

EXHIBITION

The box office took $10.1 million from the film worldwide and was shown in local multiplex cinema’s as it is a big TV series meaning many people already knew what the storyline was about. Frozen would be available in all home exhibition. Overall, there was horizontal integration between the film’s production company's and distributors due to the film being low budget.