Unit 3.2-Secondary Research

Bottom Ten Popular Films

This list ends as 10 being the least popular film. This doesn't mean that people think they are the least popular films ever, just that they were the least popular out of the top 50.





1) The Way Way Back (Comedy/Drama) 

2) Dallas Buyers Club (Biography/Drama/History) 

3) Turbo (Animation/Adventure/Comedy/Family/Sport) 

4) The Purge (Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller) 

5) The Wolverine (Action/Adventure/Fantasy/Sci-Fi) 

6) Frozen (Animation/Adventure/Comedy/Family/Fantasy/Musical) 

7) The Croods (Animation/Adventure/Comedy/Family/Fantasy) 

8) The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones (Action/Adventure/Drama/Fantasy/Mystery/Romance) 

9) The Starving Games (Comedy) 

10) Kick-Ass 2 (Action/Comedy/Crime) 









This is just a list telling me what the last ten films of the top 50 are. The list is to inform me of the genres that weren't that popular and who starred in these film to see which had more effect.

Unit 3.2-Secondary Research

Top Ten Actors

To see if Actors affect how popular films are, I used IMDb to find a list of the top 10 best actors:




1.Al Pacino 

2. Christian Bale 

3. Robert De Niro 

4. Russell Crowe 

5. Brad Pitt 

6. Denzel Washington 

7. Leonardo DiCaprio 

8. Jack Nicholson 

9. Sean Connery 

10. Tom Hanks 










This list informs me of who the top ten popular actors. I need this list to cross-reference between the popular films to see if the actors are in the popular films. This would tell me if the actors affect the popularity of a film.

Unit 3.2-Secondary Research

Bottom Ten Actors

This list ends as 10 being the least popular actor.


1) Bruce Willis 









2) Ryan Gosling 

3) Clive Owen 

4) Jeremy Renner 

5) Christopher Walken 

6) Samuel L. Jackson 

7) Ben Affleck 

8) Matthew McConaughey 

9) Jamie Foxx 

10) Gerard Butler 

This is a list of the ten least popular actors from the top 50. This is to tell me whether or not people will watch a film regardless of the actor involved.

Unit 3.2-Secondary Research

Top Ten Actresses

To see if Actresses affect how popular films are, I used IMDb to find a list of the top 10 best Actresses:


1.Kathy Bates 









2. Ellen Page 








3.Ellen DeGeneres 

4. Joan Cusack 

5. Kate Winslet 

6.Glenn Close 









7.Mara Wilson 

8. Julie Andrews 

9.Helen Mirren 

10.Jodie Foster 










This list is just like the top ten popular actors except for actresses. This is to see if the actresses affect a film like an actor would or wouldn't.

Unit 3.2-Secondary Research

Bottom Ten Actresses

This list ends as 10 being the least popular Actress.

1) Thandie Newton 

2) Carrie-Anne Moss 

3) Joely Richardson

4) Talia Shire 

5) Linda Hamilton 

6) Emma Thompson 

7) Ashley Tisdale 

8) Kristen Stewart 

9) Anne Hathaway 

10) Cloë Grace Moretz 










This list shows the ten least popular actresses of the top 50. This will allow me to see if people will watch a film regardless of the actress involved.

Unit 3.2-Secondary Research

Top Ten Film Genres

To see if genre affects film popularity, I used thetoptens.com to make a list of the top ten genres:

1. Sci-Fi

2. Action

3. Comedy

4. Horror

5. Adventure

6. Drama

7. Fantasy

8. War

9. Thriller

10. Mystery