Tuesday, 3 November 2015

Audience research case study: Rentrak

o   Go to the Rentrak website home page.
o   From the menu, select ‘About Rentrak’ – then ‘Who we are’. Answer the following:
Q1. From how many cinema screens do Rentrak collect audience figures?
 25,000
Q2. How many cinemas (theatres) do they survey?
 120,000+
Q3. In how many countries do they collect audience data?
 64

o   Now go to the menu tab called ‘Movies & TV Everywhere’.
o   Click on the ‘Worldwide Box Office’ tab.
Q4. Name the top 3 grossing (money-making) films of last week.
Spectre,Hotel Transylvania 2, The Martian
Q5. How much money did they each take (use the estimated weekend Box Office worldwide figures)?
 $80,400,000     $39,430,000    $28,400,000
Q6. As well as cinema box office ratings, what other audience data does Rentrak compile (name 3)?  dvd and blu-ray sales  Digital Movies Sales & Rentals  Domestic Box Office
1)      DVD and Blue Ray sales
2)Aladdin
3) Tomorrowland



Q7. Do Rentrak collect qualitative or quantitative data?
 quantitative data 
Q8. Why do you think the film industry need this data (try to give 3 reasons)?
 because they need to know what is selling and what isn't selling 
Q9. Who else might this data be useful for?
 cinemas 
Q10. What CAN and CAN’T we understand about audiences from this information?

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