Release Date: 1st November 2012 (Germany) Budget: €300,000 Opening Weekend: €18,855 (USA - 29th June 2014) Gross: €117,247 (USA) Production Companies: Schiwago Film, Chromosom Filmproduktion, Hessischer Rundfunk, ARTE Country: Germany Director: Jan Ole Gerster Certificate: 12 (Germany) Stars: Tom Schilling (Mein Kampf 2009), Katharina Schuttler Genre: Drama Marketing Trailer:
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Reviews: Received a 7.3/10 from IMDb, and 63/100 on Metacritic. The film received 6 awards at the 2013 German Film Awards and 5 nominations with one win at the 2013 European Film Awards.
Why was it not successful?
It was not shown on many screens around the world and was released at a much later date worldwide, leaving it to compete with much anticipated films such as Transformers: Age Of Extinction and Jersey Boys
US Independent film: The First Time Release Date: 21st January 2012 at Sundance Film Festival
19th October 2012 in American Cinemas Budget: Unknown Opening Weekend/ Gross: $17,061 Production Companies: Samuel Goldwyn Films, Destination Films, Jerimaca Film Director: Jon Kasdan Certificate: pg-13 (USA) 15 (UK) Stars: Dylan O'Brien (Teen Wolf), Victoria Justice (Nickelodeon) Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance Marketing: Trailer:
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Reviews: Earned 7/10 on IMDb and only 47% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Why was it successful?: The First Time is a coming of age film, a style that will always be popular. Though it did not make as much profit as a high budget Hollywood film would have, it is a much loved film with teenage girls. The cast of the film were a good choice to put this film on the road to success as the film was clearly aimed at teenage girls, many of whom would have grown up over the last few years watching channels such as Nickelodeon, a channel where Victoria Justice has been on multiple television shows. However, now that they are old enough to watch films such as The First Time, they will have moved on to older shows, such as Teen Wolf (Dylan O'Brien) who's demographic is largely female. Therefore, the stars of this film are very important to why it was successful.
