Money made from post apocalyptic films in comparison with other films from the same year

Money made from post apocalyptic films compared to other films from that year

Money made from 2010 films


 The book of Eli:  

The book of Eli is a post-apocalyptic action film released in 2010 and was directed by Allen and Albert Hughes. It was set in a dystopian future and stared Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman.

Budget: $80,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: £1,232,001 (UK) (15 January 2010) Gross: $94,822,707 (USA) (7 May 2010)
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Inception:

Inception is a sci-fi action films and gained high reviews and grossed a massive profit.It stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
   
Budget:$160,000,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend:£5,912,814 (UK) (16 July 2010) Gross:$292,568,851 (USA) (31 December 2010)
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Money made from 2002 films 


 28 Days later:

28 Days Later is zombie film that was directed by Danny Boyel and written by Alex Garland

Budget:$8,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend:£1,500,079 (UK) (1 November 2002) Gross:$45,063,889 (USA) (24 October 2003)
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Spiderman:

Spiderman is a superhero action film that has a flare of romance. It starts Toby Maguire and was written by the famous Stan Lee.

Budget:$139,000,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend:$114,844,116 (USA) (3 May 2002) Gross:$403,706,375 (USA) (16 August 2002)
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Money made from 2009 films 


The Road:

 The Road is a dark and depressing adventure drama staring Viggo Mortensen
Budget: $25,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $1,502,231 (USA) (27 November 2009)
Gross:$27,635,305     
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Avatar:

Is a unique sci-fi film that has is a hybridization of action and adventure that was directed and written by James Cameron

Budget:$237,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend:£8,509,050 (UK) (18 December 2009) Gross:$760,505,847 (USA) (12 November 2010)
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 Money made from 2007 films 


I am legend:

I am legend is a post-apocalyptic thriller staring Will Smith and was directed by Francis Lawrence,
Budget:$150,000,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend:$77,211,321 (USA) (14 December 2007) Gross:$256,386,216 (USA) (4 April 2008)

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Superbad:

Is an American comedy that starts Micheal Cera and Jonah Hill and was written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. 

Budget: $20,000,000
Opening weekend:$33,053,411 (USA)
Gross:$121,463,226 (USA)

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Comparison 

Over the past few years there has been many post-apocalyptic films released however it is not a very popular genre. A theory for this is the films tend to not match what audiences currently want as people want to escape from the real world away from all the death and chaos, so why would people want to watch more of it on screen?

The genre seems fluctuate its popularity but then the themes for example zombies becomes overused and bores the audience. However post-apocalyptic films are still being made and there was an increase after 9/11 this shows that us as humans still have a desire to question our existence and the "what if" feeling a dystopian Earth gives us.

28 Days later is a British film whilst other films like The Book of Eli and I am Legend are Hollywood films. They bigger budgets and from the examples that i  have researched have established actors that create star power. In mainstream media there are a lot more Hollywood films then British films 

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