'The Boat That Rocked' Analysis

The Boat that Rocked, is a film by Working Title made in 2009. The Boat that Rocked is directed by Richard Curtis and features A-list actors such as Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rhys Ifans, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost and Kenneth Branagh. This film has a mixture of acting nationalities, this shows that Working Title wanted to appeal to more than one national market. With the likes of Nick Frost from Britain, best known for Hot Fuzz and Paul, and Philip Seymour Hoffman from the United States, best known for The Big Lebowski, Working Title tried to make this movie to appeal to both the British film industry and the American film industry. Unfortunately this wasn't so successful, fetching only $2,904,380 in its opening weekend. Working Title was given a $50,000,000 to produce 'The Boat That Rocked', only $37,472,651 was recouped, with a loss of $12,527,342. These figures show that 'The Boat That Rocked' was a major disappointment, but only $1,374,953 was gathered from DVD sales in the US. This may be because of its bad press, or just too much hype, but we can be assured that Working Title would rather forget about this film.