Oscar and Blockbuster Films

Oscar films are different to the main stream Blockbuster films, these are because Oscar films are quite obviously make to get awards at the Oscars and they use the nominations as a way of getting money in at the box office.

The Blind Side is a Oscar film that won best picture 2010. It was released in November 2009 which is a regular time for Oscar films to be released. The film will have made a large amount when the nominations was released and then when the winners are revealed they would have got another gross of money.

This is the weekly chart for the blind side

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
11/20/2009	2		$34,119,372		3,110	$10,971	$34,119,372	3
11/27/2009	2		$40,111,364	+17.56%	3,140	$12,774	$100,238,841	10
12/4/2009	1		$20,043,181	-50.03%	3,326	$6,026	$128,867,559	17
12/11/2009	2		$15,055,258	-24.89%	3,388	$4,444	$149,816,797	24
12/18/2009	3		$10,021,280	-33.44%	3,407	$2,941	$164,725,525	31
12/25/2009	5		$11,519,345	+14.95%	2,766	$4,165	$184,195,981	38
1/1/2010	5		$11,912,749	+3.42%	2,926	$4,071	$208,476,067	45
1/8/2010	7		$7,531,467	-36.78%	2,880	$2,615	$218,978,376	52
1/15/2010	9		$5,557,274	-26.21%	2,408	$2,308	$226,766,539	59
1/22/2010	11		$4,166,136	-25.03%	1,932	$2,156	$233,678,402	66
1/29/2010	11		$3,021,317	-27.48%	1,751	$1,725	$237,914,805	73
2/5/2010	11		$2,503,224	-17.15%	1,740	$1,439	$241,529,593	80
2/12/2010	12		$2,261,787	-9.65%	1,175	$1,925	$244,728,128	87
2/19/2010	13		$1,451,100	-35.84%	1,060	$1,369	$245,619,952	94
2/26/2010	11		$1,238,477	-14.65%	945	$1,311	$248,755,981	101
3/5/2010	14		$1,257,186	+1.51%	822	$1,529	$250,467,047	108
3/12/2010	13		$1,604,096	+27.59%	803	$1,998	$252,736,267	115
3/19/2010	17		$877,736	-45.28%	602	$1,458	$254,273,981	122
3/26/2010	21		$475,105	-45.87%	445	$1,068	$255,071,943	129
4/2/2010	25		$229,421	-51.71%	316	$726	$255,492,549	136
4/9/2010	29		$136,403	-40.54%	204	$669	$255,740,350	143
4/16/2010	39		$68,122	-50.06%	123	$554	$255,846,167	150
4/23/2010	49		$31,948	-53.10%	77	$415	$255,899,261	157
4/30/2010	60		$19,504	-38.95%	46	$424	$255,929,947	164
5/7/2010	70		$9,807	-49.72%	25	$392	$255,944,818	171
5/14/2010	95		$2,385	-75.68%	11	$217	$255,950,375	178

Harry Potter and the half-blood prince is a blockbuster film that was also released in 2009, but it was in the summer of 2009 (15th July 2009). This film was brought out in the summer because Warner Bros knew for a fact it would be the best time to release the film due to school holidays happening and this was harry potter's main target audience.

This is the weekly for Harry Potter and the half-blood prince

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
7/17/2009	1		$77,835,727		4,325	$17,997	$158,022,354	5
7/24/2009	2		$29,462,187	-62.15%	4,325	$6,812	$221,295,818	12
7/31/2009	2		$17,909,385	-39.21%	4,393	$4,077	$255,672,245	19
8/7/2009	4		$8,928,349	-50.15%	3,455	$2,584	$273,848,633	26
8/14/2009	7		$5,141,072	-42.42%	2,771	$1,855	$283,879,025	33
8/21/2009	8		$3,478,149	-32.35%	1,936	$1,797	$290,238,524	40
8/28/2009	11		$2,466,423	-29.09%	1,508	$1,636	$294,258,075	47
9/4/2009	14		$1,828,140	-25.88%	1,091	$1,676	$296,940,258	54
9/11/2009	18		$908,482	-50.31%	744	$1,221	$298,844,700	61
9/18/2009	22		$426,987	-53.00%	415	$1,029	$299,576,295	68
9/25/2009	30		$271,830	-36.34%	301	$903	$299,967,829	75
10/2/2009	36		$175,378	-35.48%	190	$923	$300,232,058	82
10/9/2009	26		$408,437	+132.89%	505	$809	$300,699,217	89
10/16/2009	25		$273,341	-33.08%	356	$768	$301,153,382	96
10/23/2009	29		$181,802	-33.49%	285	$638	$301,420,102	103
10/30/2009	34		$102,465	-43.64%	201	$510	$301,577,469	110
11/6/2009	38		$84,726	-17.31%	135	$628	$301,707,444	117
11/13/2009	40		$61,910	-26.93%	95	$652	$301,809,058	124
11/20/2009	45		$35,134	-43.25%	72	$488	$301,865,854	131
11/27/2009	51		$34,824	-0.88%	44	$791	$301,920,409	138
12/4/2009	57		$18,047	-48.18%	36	$501	$301,948,049	145
12/11/2009	69		$5,150	-71.46%	23	$224	$301,956,980	152