Case Studies

Anna Karenina

Plot: Anna Karenina is a 2012 film set in late 19th century Russia high society, Anna   and she enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.

Box Office Success: with a Budget of £31 million and a Box office success of $53,681,018 around the world, Anna Karenina did extremely well in the film market.

Reception: upon the release of the film it has got mostly positive reviews, with critics praising the acting (specifically Keira Knightley) and the production design, but fell behind in terms of the script. On Rotten Tomatoes the film received a 63 out of 100 overall.

Nominations and awards: it's been up for 23 awards, 8 of them the film won.

Seven Psychopaths

Plot: a comedy following the life of a struggling screenwriter, who becomes entangled in the LA criminal underworld, with his group of friends and his beloved Shih Zu.

Box Office Success: seven psychopaths had a $15 million budget, and overall in the box office the film made $23,492,318.

Reception: the film received generally positive reviews by varying film critics, Rotten Tomatoes gave the film 82% based on the 194 reviews it received on the site (with an average rating of 7/10).

Nominations and awards: this film has been up for four awards in total, nominated 3 times and won once.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Plot: a group of British retirees head off to India, to what they think will be an extremely luxurious hotel. Due down to false advertising it was not as luxury as they were hoping for, though it begins to charm the group in unexpected ways.

Box Office Success: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel had a budget of $10 million, and in the box office the film itself made an amazing amount of $134,388,807.

Nominations and awards: it has been up for 12 awards in total, and is nominated for all of those awards.