Research into media institutions

When researching into similar media institutions, we looked at similar films and who made them. A similar film to the one we would like to make is "London to Brighton". This was made by a number of institutions, one being Steel Mill Pictures.
"London to Brighton won a British Independent Film Award for Best Achievement in Production. The director also won several awards at various film festivals. The film had a budget of £500,000 and made an approximate total of $449,681
Steel Mill Pictures were formed in 2006, with their first feature film "London to Brighton". They have 2 more feature films, "The Cottage" and "Cherry Tree Lane". They get most of their funding from the UK Film Councils Premiere/New Film fund. They generally use one company to distribute within the UK, and one company to distribute globally. For example Pathe UK distributed the film "The Cottage" domestically and Pathe International handled worldwide sales. Sony picked up the film for North America and several other territories. The company also make many short films and promos.
Film4 develops and co-finances films and is known for working with the most innovative talent in the UK, whether new or established.  Film4 releases in 2010 included Sam Taylor Wood's Nowhere Boy, Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones, Chris Morris' Four Lions, Hideo Nakata's Chatroom and Mike Leigh's Another Year.
Mike Leigh's "Another Year" had a budget of an estimated £10,000,000. In its opening weekend the film made $111,869, and in total the film has made $1,645,606, so far.