Updated Case studies

Inception

(USA Blockbuster)

Plot
A thief who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO.

Stars
Leonardo DiCaprio 
Tom Hardy
Joseph Gordon Levitt 
Ellen Page
Michael Caine 
Christopher Nolan (has his own fan base who watch his films)

Director
Christopher Nolan 

Screenplay
Christopher Nolan 

Budget
$160 Million

Box office
Domestic- $292,576,195
Foreign- $532,956,569

Worldwide- $825,532,764 

(Opening Domestic Weekend- $62,785,337)

Certificate
PG-13 

Reviews
8.8/10 IMDB
86% Rotten Tomatoes 
Won 4 Oscars (nominated for 8 Oscars)
Critics Consensus: Smart, innovative, and thrilling, Inception is that rare summer blockbuster that succeeds viscerally as well as intellectually. (From Rotten Tomatoes)

Release date
16th July 2010 (only competition was The Sorcerer's Apprentice that weekend)

Poster

Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hP9D6kZseM

Pervious Nolan Films
The Dark Knight- $1,084,000,000 (2008)
Batman Begins- $372,700,000 (2005)
Insomnia- $113,700,000 (2002)

Pervious DiCaprio Films
Titanic- $2,128,900,000 (1997)
Catch Me If You Can- $352,100,000 (2002)
The Departed- $289,800,000 (2006)

Both Nolan and DiCaprio are clearly box offices stars based on their pervious films. 

The Inbetweeners 2

(UK Independent)

Plot
Jay, Simon, Jay and Will go on holiday to Australia. Based on The Inbetweeners Series on Channel 4 and it's a sequel to the film 'The Inbetweeners Movie'.

Stars
Simon Bird
James Buckley
Joe Thomas
Blake Harrison

Director
Iain Morris and Damon Beesley 

Budget 
£3.5 Million 

Box office
£58 Million (£12.5 Million opening weekend in the UK)
The first Inbetweeners movie- £42 Million 

Certificate
15

Reviews
6.8 from IMDB
71% from Rotten Tomatoes 
4/5 from The Telegraph 
'It pushes the envelope a lot further than I expected and I'd highly recommend seeing the film in a packed cinema'- Matthew Toomey, ABC Brisbane 

Release Date
6th August 2014 (competed with Planes 2 and God's Pocket)

Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfJxwhzgvS4

Drive

Plot

A mysterious Hollywood stuntman, mechanic and getaway driver lands himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbour.

Stars

Ryan Gosling 

Carey Mulligan

Bryan Cranston 

Director

Nicholas Winding Refn

Screenplay

Hossein Amini (based on the book by James Sallis)

Budget

$15 Million

Box office

$76,175,166 (Opening weekend $11,340,461)

Competed with Lion King 3D and Contagion in it's opening weekend

Certificate

R- Meaning children couldn't see the film, which limited its target audience. Contained a lot of violence which again would have limited its target audience as some audience members wouldn't want to see the violent scenes therefore they wouldn't see the film. 

Reviews

7.8 from IMDB

93% from Rotten Tomatoes 

78% from Metacritic 

'Drive is a masterpiece of surface over depth. Catnip for anyone who thinks cinema is for the eye rather than the brain or heart. A bromance between Refn and its star Ryan Gosling that borders on the homoerotic and is meant to send geezer viewers into crush mode, but not so much they’ll have to worry they’re actually, like, gay. It’d take a brave filmmaker to risk losing his core audience. Refn is many things, but he’s not brave' From The Telegraph 

Release Date

16th September 2011

Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBiOF3y1W0Y

The Artist

Plot

A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions.

Stars

Jean Dujardin 

Berenice Bejo

Director

Michel Hazanavicius

Screenplay

Michel Hazanavicius

Budget

$15 Million

Box office

$133,432,856 (Domestic $44,671,682  Foreign $88,761,174)

Certificate

PG

Reviews

98% from Rotten Tomatoes

89% from Metacritric 

8/10 from IMDB

Nominated for 10 oscars, won 5 oscars including best picture

The film was filmed in black and white, which clearly wasn't a turn off for film audiences.