RESEARCH: Thriller Audiences

Who watches an Thriller is an extremely important aspect as you'll have to consider this when making your own, as this will  determine what is included in the films production.

Suspense/Thriller:

Number of films: 31
Genre Gross: £42, 578, 104
% of years box office: 4%
Top 3 films: Angels & Demons, Knowing, Harry Brown



Based on information observed from 2009's Cinema, out of the 503 films released,  only a total of 31 were Thrillers. Thrillers can be stereotypically seen as an males genre of film, this is down to the inclusion of action and crime. Although, Thrillers do also consist of other ingredients such as Suspense, which is as proved from the 2009 report seen as an females favourited aspect of an film to go and watch than a males.


Thriller audiences vary from early teenage(15) to an slightly maturer target(18), this is obviously down to the content of its inclusion. This may consist of the level of violence, sexual nature and strong language.