Arthouse Film Institution Research

Production: Independent film studios

1. 

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - This film was produced by 'Focus Features'. It had a budget of $20 million and grossed over $70 million worldwide.
Donnie Darko - This was produced by 'Flower Films' it had a budget of $3.8 million and made $7.6 million.

Boyhood - The producer of this film was 'IFC Productions'.  The film's distributor, committed to a film budget of US$200,000 per year, or $2.4 million over the 12-year shooting period. 

Babadook - The production company of this film was 'Causeway Films' and it was distributed by 'Entertainment One IFC Films Icon Productions'. The budget for this film was $2 million.

Oculus - The company that produced this film was 'Blumhouse Productions' and the budget for this film was $5 million.

2.

Focus Features – Fifty Shades Of Grey, Promised Land, Brokeback Mountain.

IFC Productions - My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Land of Plenty, The Other Woman.

Causeway Films – Babadook.  

Blumhouse Productions – Paranormal Activity, The Purge, Insidious.

3. 

• Focus Features – Focus' most successful release in North America to date is Brokeback Mountain (2005), which earned $83,043,761 at the North American box office. Focus' most successful international release is Burn After Reading (2008), which earned $161,128,228 in gross revenue. 
• IFC Productions - IFC have produced many successful movies. President of IFC Entertainment Jonathan Sehring said: “Many of our most successful VOD titles are those that might fall under the Midnight label – not just films that are straight up horror, erotic arthouse or genre films but also ones that shock audiences, push boundaries and stir up controversy. 
• Causeway Films  - Causeway's most successful film was the psychological thriller 'The Babadook' 
• Blumhouse Productions – Blumhouse Productions have many successful low budget films, the main ones include Paranormal Activity, The Purge, Insidious and many more horror films.