Audience research and questionaire

As a group we compiled a questionaire and gave it out to numerus people and then collected the results and came to this conclusion: this is what the questionaire looked like :

The research that we did into this genre shows that it is a very popular genre. According to"www.the-numbers.com", which is a website that gives daily account's of the top grossing movies showing at the box office. The information shows that out of the top 18 movies showing at the box office on the 16th November 2009, 5 were of the Thriller genre. these movies were. Law Abiding Citizen (which was the 6th highest grossing movie of the day). The Fourth Kind (which was the 7th highest grossing movie of the day). Paranormal Activity (which was the 9th highest grossing movie of the day). The Box (which was the10th highest grossing movie of the day). The Informant (which was the18th highest grossing movie of the day).This is significant evidence in showing my chosen genres' popularity.Out of all the many different genre's in the world, Thriller movies are the 5th most popular grossing genre of movie between the years of 1995-2009. (www.the-numbers.com/market/genres/).To find out why this is, my group handed out questionnaires which asked a wide range of questions like;. Age. Gender. How often you go to the cinema. Favourite Genre of movieand more specialised questions to help my group find out what people like in a Thriller movie and what makes them so popular.We handed out our questionnaire to 27 people in total.There were11 (15-17 year olds)9 (18-21 year olds)1 (22-30 year olds)1 (31-40 year olds)5 (41 years +), that answered our questionnaire.We asked the question "Which of these are your favourite genre of movie? Horror, Thriller or Romantic comedies?"Strangely, 11 people liked Thrillers and 11 people liked Horror movies as well. Out of the 11 people that answered to liking Thriller movies best, 7 were of the age (15-17) and 2 were between the ages of (18-21) and 2 people were (41+). This shows that according to our research, Thriller movies may appeal to a more younger audience.Only 5 people liked romantic comedies, showing that Thriller movies are still a popular choice. To get more information about why people like thrillers we asked "Which of these three do you consider to be the most important part of a Thriller movie? Suspense, Fear factor or murder?"All of the (15-17) year olds answered that they considered suspense to be the most important part of Thriller movies, along with 7 out of the 9 (18-21) year olds also agreeing that suspense is the most important part of a Thriller movie.The only (31-40) year old we questioned also agreed that suspense was the most important part of a Thriller movie along with 4 out of the 5 (41+) years agreeing with this.Overall 23 out the 27 people questioned stated that suspense was the most important part of a Thriller movie.We also asked: Why do you think Thriller movies are so popular at the box office?There was a large variety of answer's but overall it seemed that people like to be scared but don’t like the gore that comes with a Horror movie. They like the intriguing and twisted plots that come with Thriller movies and also the fact that there are lots of different varieties of Thrillers available. so chosing the genre of thriller is good as it is becoming very popoular with most age groups.