Research Task - Dear John

Brief Synopsis of the film's story.

A romantic drama about a soldier (Tatum) who falls for a co-ed (Seyfried) while he's home on leave. Their relationship is tested in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks, an event that causes him to re-enlist for service.




The Dear John Official Trailer.
This is the official trailer of Dear John, it follows the relationship of John and Savannah and the types of situations they are faced with. However, it is very fast paced to reflect on their relationship and proves what Savannah says at the end 'A lot can happen in 12 months John'.



Channing Tatum Interview on Dear John.
Here is Channing Tatum talking about the challenges he faced whilst working on Dear John as a movie.





Production:
Production Budget: $25,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $30,468,614 (USA) (7 February 2010) (2,969 Screens)
Gross: $65,801,765 (USA) (21 February 2010)


Production company(s):


 - Screen Gem (presents)
Other Movies by screen Gem:

1. The Stepfather (2009) ... Production Company (presents)
2. Obsessed (2009) ... Production Company (presents)
3. Fired Up! (2009) ... Production Company (presents)

- Relativity Media (in association with)

Other movies by Relativity Media:

1. Paul (2011) ... Production Company
2. Little Fockers (2010) ... Production Company
3. The Social Network (2010) ... Production Company (in association with)

-Temple Hill Entertainment (as Temple Hill)

Other movies by Temple Hill Entertainment:

1. Twilight (2008/I) ... Production Company (as Temple Hill)
2. New Moon (2009) ... Production Company
3. Eclipse (2010/I) ... Production Company

Distribution:

Film Distributors:

The film distributors involved with Dear John were-

• A-Film Distribution (2010) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Alliance Vivafilm (2010) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Filmopolis (2010) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Hollywood Classic Entertainment (2010) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Incognito Films (2010) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film (2010) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2010) (UK) (theatrical)
• Pioneer Films (2010) (Philippines) (theatrical) (as Pioneer Films International)
• Screen Gems (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2010) (Greece) (DVD)
• Castello Lopes Multimédia (2010) (Portugal) (all media)
• CatchPlay (2010) (Taiwan) (all media)
• FX Network (2012) (USA) (TV) (cable)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2009) (Germany) (all media)
• Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (UK) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2010) (Finland) (all media)
• Panorama Distributions (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Panorama Distributions (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Pinema (2009) (Turkey) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Exhibition:

Box office takings on opening weekend:  $30,468,614 (USA) (7 February 2010) (2,969 Screens)

I would expect to see this film shown in o2 VUE as from the figures you can tell it was a very popular and high-budgeted movie. Also, the o2 VUE is well known for screening high-budgeted films so it would be highly unlikely for it to not be shown.

Horizontal and Vertical Integration: