Thriller Statistics

Psycho - (1960) - Alfred Hitchcock

Financial Information: https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Psycho-(1960)#tab=summary 

• Tight budget - $807k 

• Grossed $32M at domestic box office 

• Total of 141k Blu-ray copies sold by 2020 - $2,475,371 earned 

• $50M earned in total at the Box Office  

• Audience Ratings: 

• IMDb – 8.5/10 

• Rotten Tomatoes – 97% 

• Letterboxd – 4.3/5 

Other useful information: 

• Introduction of new techniques 

• Breaking of conventions 

• No late admission policy 

• Set the standard of the genre 

• Nominated for 14 awards, 8 wins 

• Controversy regarding the old Production Code 

Fanbase: 

• Has a dedicated wiki on Fandom (psycho.fandom.com)  

• Iconic scenes as a result – shower scene 

• Series of memes for characters 

 

The Shining (1980) - Stanley Kubrick 

Financial Information: https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Shining-The#tab=box-office  

• $19m budget 

• Grossed $45M at domestic box office 

• Total of 54k Blu-ray copies sold by 2019 - $525k earned 

• 1.13m DVD sales by 2019 - $7.2m earned 

• $47.3m earned in total at the Box Office 

Audience R atings: 

• IMDb – 8.4/10 

• Rotten Tomatoes – 83% 

• Letterboxd – 4.2/5 

Other useful information: 

• Vagueness made the film more scary 

• Constant chaos 

• Psychological horror 

Fanbase: 

• Has a dedicated wiki on Fandom (theshining.fandom.com)  

• Iconic scenes 

• Series of memes – some scenes have been turned into iconic meme templates 

 

Gone Girl (2014) - David Fincher 

Financial Information: https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Gone-Girl-(2014)#tab=summary  

• $61m budget 

• Grossed $167.7M at domestic box office 

• Total of 385k Blu-ray copies sold by 2015 - $7.7m earned 

• 884k DVD sales by 2019 - $12.7m earned 

• $370.9m earned in total at the Box Office 

Audience R atings: 

• IMDb – 8.1/10 

• Rotten Tomatoes – 88% 

• Letterboxd – 4.4/5 

Other useful information: 

• Explored identity deception, media sensationalism, poisonous relationships and societal expectations 

• Based off a popular book 

• Reignited the psychological thriller genre 

• Explores how the media shapes identities 

Fanbase: 

• Has a dedicated wiki page on Fandom (gillianflynn.fandom.com) (all pages labelled ‘(film)’) 

• The ‘Gone Girl’ effect – clever female protagonists to demonstrate the importance of enriching mysteries – flawed female protagonist caused people to react  

 

The 39 Steps (1935) - Alfred Hitchcock 

Financial Information: https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/39-Steps-The#tab=summary  

• £50k budget (about £4.5m) 

• $239 earned in total at the Box Office (about 5.4k) 

Audience R atings: 

• IMDb – 7.6/10 

• Rotten Tomatoes – 96% 

• Metacritic – 93% 

Other useful information: 

• Adapted from a book 

• Highlighted Hitchcock’s ability to combine taut suspense with umour 

• Uses a common theme of Hitchcock’s - innocent man accused of a crime 

Fanbase: 

• Has a dedicated wiki page on the Hitchcock Fandom wiki (hitchcock.fandom.com) 

• Considered a classic