Institutional Context

According to 'eBaum's WORLD', the top grossing gangster movie was 'The Godfather' trilogy, the total domestic gross is $335.44 million, this is the average per film.

The second grossing gangster movie according to 'eBaum's WORLD' is the movie 'The Untouchables', the total domestic gross is $144.47 million.

The third grossing gangster movie according to 'eBaum's WORLD' is the movie 'The Departed, the total domestic gross is $142.97 million.

Companies with high box office rating and movies with high grossing movies:

• 'The Godfather' movie was made by the company 'Paramount'
• 'The Untouchables' movie was made by the company 'Paramount'
• 'The Departed' movie was made by the company 'Warner Bros.'

 

Looking at the movies and their distributors, Paramount Pictures Corporation is the one of the main companies that distribute movies of the genre movies gangster crime. Three movies that Paramount Pictures Corporation distributed that reached one billion dollars was Titanic (1997), Transformers: Dark of thee Moon (2011) and Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014). Paramount has become successful by having good investments, small investments include 'BabyTV', a cable channel in USA aimed at 0-3 year old, Network Ten, commercial TV stations in Australia and Channel 2, commercial TV station in Israel. Big investments include becoming the parent of DreamWorks SKG and The CBS library.