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Hot Fuzz was advertised in many ways, such as teaser trailers, showing some of the film's content:
Other ways of advertising Hot Fuzz was through online Poster competitions:
Magazine adverts:
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Theatrical trailers:
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Premiere:
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Distribution of Hot Fuzz
Once a film gets produced, the first place it gets shown at is the cinema. This is known as Primary distribution.
Secondary distribution is when the film gets distributed via DVDs, Blu-Rays, TV, etc. These are also known as legitimate downloads.
Piracy and illegal activity, also known as illegitimate downloads, are direct downloads that are done illegally and mostly on the internet.
From a budget of only £8 million, Hot Fuzz had managed to make £5,918,149 (approx.) on its opening weekend in the UK (February 2007) and aired on 427 screens. Cinema prices were an average of £4.48 per ticket.
The film made $5,848,464 (approx.) in the USA in April 2007, airing on 825 screens; this expanded worldwide to Estonia - making $8,080 in May 2007 which was made by airing on 1 screen; Netherlands - making €137,897 in April 2007, hitting 49 screens; and finally in New Zealand - making NZD 275,952 in March 2007 and airing in 42 screens.
In comparison to a current blockbuster, such
as Spectre, Hot Fuzz only aired in 43 countries,
whereas, Spectre managed to air in 72 different
countries worldwide.
For a budget of $245,000,000 (approx.), in
Spectre's opening weekend, it managed
to air worldwide, for example, in these two countries:
Netherlands - making €3,377,404 in November
2015 and airing in 132 screens; and in the
Philippines - making PHP 65,402,153 in
November 2015 and airing in 292 screens.
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Initial DVD release was on the 11th of June, 2007 in the UK as a 2 Disc Special Edition on Amazon for £24.99. Along with the feature film, it contained commentaries, outtakes, storyboards, deleted scenes, a making-of documentary, video blogs, featurettes, galleries, and some hidden easter eggs.
In the US, the DVD and HD DVD edition was released on the 31st July 2007 and hit #2 at the American DVD sales chart. The HD DVD edition contains more special features than the original DVD release.
A three-disc collector's edition was released on the 27th November, 2007; the Blu-Ray edition was released on the 22nd September 2009, costing an average of £5.99
The soundtrack album of Hot Fuzz (Music from the Motion Picture) was released on the 19th February, 2007 in the UK for £28.74. It contains 22 tracks. It was released on the 17th April, 2007 in the US and Canada, containing 14 tracks. The score was produced by David Arnold, a British Composer.
Hot Fuzz became new to Netflix in April 2015. The public must pay £5.99 every month on Netflix.
An illegitimate way of watching Hot Fuzz is by illegally downloading the links on sites, such as, Putlocker.
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