Ashleigh, Max and Nicole's Group Thriller Blog!: Audience Research Statistics

Below are some statistics for different films, and a small analysis of why the statistics are like the way they are.

Shutter Island. 

As you can see from the stats, the most popular age group that have rated the movie are 18-29 year olds. Although the rating of the movie is 15, this doesn't mean the audience will be 15 year olds, it just means that the film is suitable for anyone aged 15 years or older. The stats from Shutter Island suggest that the target audience for the movie is 18-29 year olds.
Also, the gender shows that more men have rated the movie than women. This could be because men are more likely to rate films on the internet than women, but also that more men like the film, or have an interest in thrillers.
Here is the link to the official trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iaYLCiq5RM
The main characters in this film are men, aged around 30 years old. This reflects the gender of the audience because men may want to watch the film as it looks scary, or the lead actor of Leonardo DiCaprio might be a male role model to them. A reason for women to like the film may be because of Leonardo DiCaprio being rather good looking, or they may just enjoy the genre. 

The Dark Knight.

From the statistics off the IMDB website, we can see that the gender that rated the movie the most is Males. And the target audience for this movie is people aged 18-29 years old. This age range could be commonly popular because it is the young adults who have spare time and who would go to the cinemas to see the movies. They might also be the most popular because this age range is known for being popular and frequent internet users.
Here is the trailer for The Dark Knight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ5U8suTUw0
This is very popular with males as the lead character is a male, and men can look up to this hero figure. 

The Silence of the Lambs.

This is one of the top rated thriller films on the IMBD website. The gender rating is also mostly men. And the age range that is the highest is also 18-29 year olds. This is the same for all 3 movies i have researched, and shows the same trend that most thrillers are liked more by men, and people who are aged 18-29 years old. 
Here is the link for The Silence of the Lambs trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQKs169Sl0I
In this film one of the main characters is female, this may slightly change the audience who watch the film, and whether there are more females, or more male watchers in the audience. 

Pulp Fiction
This film, from stats would show that the majority of people who have rated the film are male, and aged from 18-29 years old. For the same reasons as listed above in previous analysis, this could be because some males spend more time on the internet than females. It can not fully represent who enjoys watching thrillers between women vs men, because maybe not all women have rated the movie on the IMDB website.   
Here is the trailer for Pulp Fiction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDbSbOsoRnY
The ratio between men and women for this movie is bigger than the last movie which suggests that less women like this movie, than the other one, or less women have watched this movie compared to The Silence of the Lambs.