Case Study Research: The Wolf of Wall Street 2013
Institution:
The film was produced by Paramount Pictures and also Red Granite Pictures. It was distributed within the UK by Universal Pictures International.
No Brand Loyalty:
The Wolf of Wall Street is about Jordan Belfort and how he became a stock broker. It also shows his addiction to money, drugs and alcohol which led to his life to taking unexpected turn. As this is based on events that occurred within his life the movie would come under the biography genre.
Also from the trailer we can tell that the movie will be quite comical and have quite a lot of humour within it. The phrase "you have my money taped to you, I think you do work for me" has been included within the trailer so that the audience which enjoy the comedy genre will be able to enjoy this movie.
It's all a matter of timing:
The release date of this movie in the UK was January 14th 2014. The first trailer that was released for this movie is the one embedded at the top of the post which was released on June 16th 2013 which was around 7 months before the movie was released. Interviews with some of the cast such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie were also done before the release of the movie.
It's a social thing:
IMDB gave The Wolf Of Wall Street a rating of 8.2/10.
Rotten Tomatoes gave The Wolf Of Wall Street a rating of 77/100.
Audience Reviews:
"Man, does this movie have a savage bite." - Betsy Sharkey (LA Times)
"The wages of greed and excess portrayed in grand, operatic, often very funny style." - Todd McCarthy
"Martin Scorsese's finest in more than a decade."- Shane Danielsen
Risky Business:
Original Budget: $100,000,000.
Opening Weekend: $18,361,578.
Worldwide Gross: $392,000,694.
In order to be considered a successful movie The Wolf Of Wall Street had to make at least $250,000,000 which they overpassed by $142,000,000. This means that The Wolf Of Wall Street was in fact a successful movie.
Stars in their eyes:
The trailer includes the names of both actors and directors. The director of The Wolf on Wall Street -Martin Scorsese has directed many other movies one of them being The Goodfellas. Also the main character (Jordan Belfort) was played by Leonardo DiCaprio who is known for his work in movies such as Titanic, The Great Gatsby and also Django Unchained.
Audience Reviews:
"Man, does this movie have a savage bite." - Betsy Sharkey (LA Times)
"The wages of greed and excess portrayed in grand, operatic, often very funny style." - Todd McCarthy
"Martin Scorsese's finest in more than a decade."- Shane Danielsen
Risky Business:
Original Budget: $100,000,000.
Opening Weekend: $18,361,578.
Worldwide Gross: $392,000,694.
In order to be considered a successful movie The Wolf Of Wall Street had to make at least $250,000,000 which they overpassed by $142,000,000. This means that The Wolf Of Wall Street was in fact a successful movie.
Stars in their eyes:
The trailer includes the names of both actors and directors. The director of The Wolf on Wall Street -Martin Scorsese has directed many other movies one of them being The Goodfellas. Also the main character (Jordan Belfort) was played by Leonardo DiCaprio who is known for his work in movies such as Titanic, The Great Gatsby and also Django Unchained.
