Film industry: black widow

 1) List the companies involved in the creation of Black Widow. You may wish to use Black Widow's IMDB entry to help with this but the answers can also be found above.

1. marvel studios 

2. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

3. Truenorth Productions


2) What is conglomerate ownership and how does it link to Black Widow?

is most major media companies are conglomerates that own a range of smaller companies (called subsidiaries). An example of this is Disney owning Marvel.


3) Analyse the film trailer for Black Widow. What aspects of the trailer tell you this is a big-budget blockbuster movie?

It has huge action set pieces 

Intense music

Disney and marvel = major franchise and also is part of MCU

4) How was Black Widow promoted to an audience? List at least three different methods used by the film's marketing campaign.

1. posters

2.teaser trailers on TV

3.social media profiles 


5) What was the production budget for Black Widow and how much did it make at the box office?

Black widows budget was  $200m and it only made $379m at the worldwide box office.


6) Would you consider Black Widow a successful Hollywood blockbuster? Why?

I think it was a good movie but wasn't as successful as it should'be been. Marvel would have spent well over $100m on marketing the film globally so the profit level is very low. Most Marvel films have made around $1 billion at the box office. 


7) Who regulates the film industry in the UK?

The film industry is regulated by the the British board of film classification. (BBFC)


8) What age rating was Black Widow given? Why?
Black Widow was awarded a 12A by BBFC. as it had “moderate violence, injury detail”, yet was not too graphic.


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