Stephen Follows digs into the yearly trends in studio release patterns. This article was originally posted by Stephen Follows on his film data blog. Check out stephenfollows.com for more in-depth analysis of the film industry. A few weeks ago I looked into the theory that January and February are Hollywood ‘dump months’ when the studios rush […]

Stephen Follows surveys UK cinema staff to hear their opinions on ticket costs, cinema food, pay and more.   This article was originally posted as part 3 of a 3-part series on Stephen Follows’ blog on October 26th, 2015. Visit his site, stephenfollows.com, for parts 1 and 2, and for more insightful analysis of the film industry. Two weeks ago […]

Stephen Follows shows that, though female directors are still a minority, they’re a significantly higher proportion within publicly-funded films. Today’s article is an offshoot of two strands of research I’ve been working on over the past few years – gender in the film industry and UK public film funding. I looked at the percentage of […]

Stephen Follows studies Hollywood’s sequel fever, to determine by how much the industry has been saturated by sequels over the past few years. This article was originally posted on June 15th, 2015 by Stephen Follows on his blog at stephenfollows.com. Follow his site for more insightful analysis of the film industry. Last week’s article on how original Hollywood movies are had […]