Metacritic reported the film had an average score
of 86/100, based on 23
reviews".
This made it the tenth best
reviewed film of the year.
In the opening Weekend, it grossed:
$18k (USA) (29 July 2007)
£207,k (UK) (29 April 2007)
There was an estimated budget
of £1.5m
The production companies involved
were: Warp Films, Big Arty
Productions, EM Media
A
low budget (1.5m) was used in this
film, which gives an indication about the film; it’s almost certainly an Indie film (not owned by a bigger
company). Working title is a subsidiary of a bigger company. Means you can’t
have stars as there is not enough money to pay them.
He
did not want a higher budget as the higher the budget, the lower the creative
control. More than half the budget came from the UK film council (government organisation). However it can go lower,
Le Donk &
Scor-zay-zee, also by Shane Meadows, had a budget of £48k.
The gant rule:
If you have a film that’s a hit in the UK and one that’s a hit in the US, It
will be shown on 10 times more screens in the US, and make 10 times more money
than in the UK.
Working title use famous actors in
almost all their movies, as this makes it viewable in more countries. American
actors are often used because of this. Warp have not used any famous actors in
their films.
5 months in
America and gained £300k, however,
its peak was only 14 screens at a time. For America, This is England was not at
all a mainstream film. It was treated like an Arthouse film.
Working title reinforce the
impression that English films must include areas such as London and middle
class characters, unlike This is England.
This is England is a social realist film. They typical do
not have stars or special effects, they are almost documentary like in style.
This makes them a difficult sell.
UK distributers used Optimum Releasing (now studio canal,
and not indie anymore) In the Us, it was distributed by IFC.
Box office: £2.1m for UK, $330k for
US, and Worldwide £5.1m.
