Pan's Labyrinth (2006) - Film Case Study Research

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

Budget - $19 Million

Stars - Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Maribel Verdú - Not well known actors worldwide as they feature in no well             known worldwide films.

Genre - Fantasy and Drama - Restricted audience

Box Office - $83,258,226 worldwide (54.8% of profit was from foreign countries.

Production Companies - Tequila Gang, Telecinco Cinema, Estudios Picasso.

Certificate - 12 - Wide audience, low limiting factor

Marketing - Marketing campaign doesn't expand past posters and trailers, no well-known actors worldwide.

Merchandise - Limited to DVDs - limiting genre and storyline.

Release Date - October 11, 2006 (Spain) - Halloween - Other blockbusters released in october 2006 include                                 The Departed (Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon) and The Grudge 2 (Amber Tamblyn and                                 Teresa Palmer.)

Reviews - IMDb - 8.3/10, Metacritic - 98%

                - Complaints about the emptiness of the plot

                - "Wonderful scenery" for you to get lost in.

Poster - Horror connotations, storyline is not given away at all, intrigues the viewer.

Trailer -