Production & Distribution Research

Emma Marshall

Annamaria Noto

Bridget Cardenes Pazmino

Film 1: The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Production Companies

• Haxan Films

Distribution Companies

• Artisan Entertainment

Budget

• $22,500

Release/exhibition details

• Shown at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival

• Released by Artisan on 30th July 1999

Independent Film

Film 2: The Sixth Sense (1999)

Blockbuster Film

Production Companies

• The Kennedy/Marshall company

• Hollywood Pictures

• Barry Mendel Productions

• Spyglass Entertainment

Distribution Companies

• Buena Vista Pictures

Budget/ costs of film

• $40,000,000

Release/exhibition details

• Premiered on the 2nd August 1999

• Released in USA on the 9th August 1999

Independent Film

Film 3: Night of the Living Dead (1968)Production companies:• Image Ten Productions • Laurel Group • Market Square Productions

Distribution companies:• The Walter Reade Organization

Budget:• $114,000• (Box office: $30 million)

Release/ exhibition details: • Released by The Walter Reade Organization • Released on October 1, 1968• Released in several markets: the afternoon

matinee, art house, and inner-city neighbourhood theatre.

Blockbuster Film

Production companies:• Hammer Film Productions • Cross Creek Pictures • Exclusive Media Group

Distribution companies:• Momentum Pictures• Alliance Films

Budget:• $15 million

Release/ exhibition details:• Release in the USA and Canada on the 3rd

of February 2012• Released in the UK on the 10th of February

2012

Film 4: The Woman In Black (2012)

Film 5: Insidious Chapter 2

Production Companies: • IM Global • Blumhouse Productions• Entertainment One

Distribution Companies:• FilmDistict• Stage 6 Films

Budget:• $5,000,000

Release/ Exhibiting Details:• Initial release was the 13 of

September, 2013.• Released on Blu-ray and DVD on

December 24, 2013.

Independent Film

Film 6: The Conjuring

Production Companies• New Line Cinema• The SAFRAN Company• Evergreen Media Group

Distribution Companies• Warner Bros. Pictures

Budget• $20,000,000

Release/ Exhibiting Details• Released in Madrid on June 8, 2013• Released in the United States and

Canada on July 19, 2013. • Released in the United Kingdom and

India on August 6, 2013.

Blockbuster Film