CeladorMitchell Purnell

History

Celador was founded in 1983 by Jasper Carrot CBE and was a small British business that produced films but started with a TV show called The Detectives created by Jasper Carrot and also staring Jasper Carrot. When Celador made Slumdog Millionaire they were bought out by complete communications in 1999 but since the company made so much money they bought their own company back. Celador is now run by Danielle Lux after the they bought themselves out they are now and independent company again.

Ownership

Paul Smith CBE, is Chairman of Celador Entertainment Limited which is the umbrella company for Celador Films

In 2006 Celador took Disney to court for unpaid profits for playing “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” in the US. After trail by jury in LA in 2010 Celador were awarded £177million in damages after ruling they didn’t receive a fair share of profits.

Products

Celador also make a variety of films, tv shows and radio shows. The Descent Neil Marshall 2006 FilmSlumdog Millionaire Danny Boyles 2010 FilmCenturion Neil Marshall 2010 filmScouting book for boys Tom Harper 2010 FilmThe detectives Jasper Carrot 1993-1997 TV showTaking Telephone Numbers David Briggs 1994-1997 TV show The Breeze (Bristol) Radio also 17 other radio stationsCelador are also now moving into theater with Slumdog Millionaire

Operating model

Celador aren't a huge corporation so they hire everyone for each task they require people for like actors, camera crew, technicians ect, they do this by a project by project basis. They are a management company that organizes budgets and finding the money to create the film. Celador also reinvest in themselves to create new movies so they found the money for the descent so they teamed up with Northman Productions to make the Descent who then had to hire the personal however Celador put some of their own profit into The Descent to help fund it. They also got more funds through selling the distribution rights to Pathe which they used to fund the movie. With other films they could have got funding through bank loans, private investment and film funding bodies.

Competitors Celador The Descent Budget £3,500,000 Box office £57,000,000 The audience is small and so is the budget however the profit is huge more than 10x amd more.

Film 4 The Inbetweeners Budget £3,500,000Box office £57,500,000

DNA films 28 Days Later Budget £8,000,000Box office £52,800,000

Sony pictures entertainment Transformers Budget £150,000,000 Box office £709,700,000

You can see by these figures that Celador are very successful compared to DNA films when they produced 28 Days Later because their budget was £8,000,000 and turned over £52,800,000 and Celadors budget for The Descent was £3,500,000 less than half however they turned over £57,000,000 which was more 28 Days Later.