BFI data - Genre

From the table, you can see that the Thriller genre is the most popular in terms of the number of films released compared to the Horror genre. There were 64 Thrillers released in 2013 such as 'Prisoners', which was the top performing title of the year (ranked by gross box office) released in the UK and Republic of Ireland. However, only 37 Horrors were released. In terms of profitability, the Horror genre actually earns more money as Thriller genres only made £29.1 million whereas the Horror genre managed to make £57.5 million. This shows that the Horror genre is more profitable.

From this table, you can see that the Horror genre had a larger average number of sites at the widest points of release than the Thriller Genre, even though only 37 Horror genres were released whereas 64 Thriller genres were released. The fact that Horror genres used more sites such as cinemas explains why the Horror genre had higher profits than the Thriller genre.