3.1 Analysing the box office
You'll now use some of the concepts you've just learned to analyse the performance of some films.
Download the box office document [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] . Use this to answer the questions in the following short quiz. This is just for fun and won’t contribute to your final score.
Activity 2 Analysing box office performance
In the UK, the BFI publishes selected box office figures each week.
Use the Box office figures PDF to answer the questions below. These statistics are for the performance of films in May 2015.
1. Which film performed best over these two weekends indicated?
a.
Pitch Perfect 2
b.
Mad Max: Fury Road
c.
Avengers: Age of Ultron
d.
Spooks: the Greater Good
The correct answer is a.
a.
No change
b.
37% decline
c.
47% increase
d.
47% decline
The correct answer is d.
3. Was its per screen average weekend gross change higher or lower than this?
a.
Higher
b.
Lower
c.
No change
d.
Impossible to tell
The correct answer is a.
