What's The Story? Most Popular Stories in Hollywood Films 2007-2011

What's the Story? Most Popular Stories in Hollywood Films 2007-2011 P= Protagonist $8.6 $6.5 $5.2 $5.3 $3.9 $4.0 Profit (worldwide gross minus budget) 2007-2011 $2.9 $2.3 $2.9 $1.3 $1.6 Total films released 2007-2011 83 70 62 59 38 36 33 27 26 25 25 MONSTER FORCE A monster / alien / something scary and supernatural must be fought and overcome. TRANSFORMATION P lives through a series of events that change them as a person. COMEDY LOVE QUEST P searches for a person, place or thing, overcoming a number of challenges. RIVALRY P must triumph over a adversary to attain an object or goal. DISCOVERY PURSUIT P has to chase somebody or something, usually in a hide-and-seek fashion. REVENGE P retaliates against another for a real or imagined injury. MATURATION RESCUE A series of complications leads P into ridiculous situations. A couple meet and overcome obstacles to discover true love. Or - tragically - don't. Through a major upheaval, P discovers a truth about themselves and a better understanding of life. P has an experience that matures them or starts a new stage of life, often adulthood. P must save someone who is trapped physically or emotionally. オ オ Most profitable film per year 08 07 08 09 10 11 09 10 11 07 08 09 10 11 07 08 09 10 11 07 08 09 10 11 07 08 09 10 11 07 08 09 10 11 07 08 09 10 11 07 08 09 10 11 07 08 09 10 11 07 08 09 10 11 0- 0- 500 - 500 1000 - - 1000 1500- 1500 2000 - -2000 2500 - -2500 3000 - 3000 3500 - -3500 4000- 4000 4500 - 4500 5000 5000 5500 - -5500 6000 6000 6500 - -6500 7000- 7000 1142500 1142500 $3.5 $4.2 Profit (worldwide gross minus budget) $2.0 $1.8 $2.3 $1.7 $1.0 2007-2011 $0.3 $0.2 $0.5 $0.4 Total films released 2007-2011 24 24 22 10 THE RIDDLE P has to solve a puzzle or a crime. JOURNEY & RETURN P goes on a physical journey and returns changed. SACRIFICE P must make a difficult choice between pleasing themselves or a higher purpose (e.g. love, honour). ESCAPE UNDERDOG TEMPTATION FISH OUT OF WATER P tries to cope in a completely different place/time/world. METAMORPHOSIS P literally changes into something else (i.e. a werewolf, hulk, giant cockroach) RAGS TO RICHES Pis poor, then rich. TRAGEDY P trapped by antagonistic forces and must escape. Pronto. Total loser faces overwhelming odds but wins in the end. P has to make a moral choice between right and wrong. Pis brought down by a fatal flaw in their character or by forces out of their control. WRETCHED EXCESS P pushes the limits of acceptable behaviour, destroying themselves in the process. 大 介 大 Most profitable film per year 07 09 09 10 08 09 10 11 09 10 11 07 08 09 10 11 08 10 11 07 08 11 07 08 09 10 11 07 08 09 10 11 07 08 09 10 11 07 07 08 07 08 09 10 11 07 08 09 10 11 07 08 09 10 11 -0 500 - -500 1000 - -1000 1500 - 1500 2000 - -2000 2500 - 2500 3000 - 3000 3500 -3500 4000 – -4000 4500 - 4500 5000 5000 5500 - 5500 6000 - -6000 6500 - -6500 7000 - -7000 1142500 1142500 S MUG LIBERAL MINORITY Notes about the data Budget information from Box Office Mojo (www.boxofficemojo.com) umbers (www.the-numbers.com) and Primary studio information from Wikipedia individual film pages and the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com) Story types are subjective. Some films have multiple plot-lines so one size does not always fit all. 2011 gross figures were not finished when dataset was compiled so figures for 2011 are not complete. Similarly figures from 2007-08 may be slightly inaccurate as those films may have accrued more gross in the intervening years. Films where budget and/or gross could not be found have been excluded. Data set compiled by Information Is Beautiful (www.informationisbeautiful.net). Profitability (9% of budget recovere Profitability (% of budge SUPERBAD SAW IV RELIGULOUS THE HANGOVER JA MVS JACKASS 3-D %098 %616 BAD TEACHER 1081% FAST FIVE WAITRESS NOLLINOWId %0Z FIREPROOF %0699 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW 408% SHERLOCK HOLMES DEAR JOHN SHUTTER ISLAND MIDNIGHT IN PARIS UNKNOWN THE DARJEELING LIMITED TRANSFORME %007 BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA A MYS PARANORMAL ACTIVITY PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 INCEPTION 515% snoidiski %/9t9 HAPPY FEET 2 HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PRO7% HAIRSPRAY 60/2 UNDER THE SAME MOON SEMI-PRO 1353% ICE AGE: DAWN INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS OF THE DINOSAURS %E86 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 THE KARATE KID %868 TRANSFORMERS: SOUL SURFER 246% DARK OF THE MOON 576% BLADES OF GLORY STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS OBSESSED %69E %091 THE TOWN HACHIKO: A DOG'S STORY 252% NEVER BACK DOWN 2 THE BEATDA88% THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU 255% THE GAME PLAN 672% MR. BROOKS 241% DEFINITELY, MAYBE VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA %EB WHATEVER WORKS THE BOX THE LAST SONG BROOKLYN'S FINEST 214% 50/50 ANOTHER EARTH 661% %9S NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL TAKEN %L06 TRON: LEGACY 171% THE EXPENDABLES %SEE THE DEBT THE SMURFS 511% OCEAN'S 13 SPIDER-MAN 3 345% %99E THE DARK KNIGHT IRON MAN %6ES FAST AND FURIOUS 404% AVATAR 1145% TRUE GRIT HORRIBLE BOSSES CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER RATATOO4% WANTED THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT 420% SUNSHINE CLEANING 292% STEP UP 3D NEVER LET ME GO THE IDES OF MARCH SNOWANONY THERE WILL BE BLOOD 305% 3082% FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL 349% 17 AGAIN THE KING'S SPEECH BLACK SA% SWAN THE HELP 797% LIMITLESS %669 LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD DR. SEUSS' HORTON CADILLAC RECORDS HEARS A WHO! THE STEPFATHER THE BLIND SIDE 1018% %99L TOY STORY 3 THE SOCIAL NETWORK DRIVE ANGRY