Researching Title Ordering: American vs. British Title Sequences

Dorian Gray
Budget: £20,000,000    -    $31,898,000

Time	Text which appears	Role
0:07	Ealing Studios, Alliance Films and the UK Film Council Present	Funding, independent film production companies
0:13	A Fragile Film	Company that helps facilitate actors, aids in production of film
0:19	In association with Aramid Entertainment and Prescience	Funding, investment (one of the UK’s leading film financiers)
0:27	Ben Barnes	Lead actor
0:33	Colin Firth	Supporting actor
0:41	Dorian Gray	Film title

Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter
Budget: £43,262,900    -     $69,000,000

Time	Text Which Appears	Role
0:00	Directed by Timur Bekmambetov	Director
0:04	Screenplay by Seth Grahame-Smith	Screenplay
0:09	Based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith	Novelist/inspiration for the film
0:12	Produced by Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov, Jim Lemley	Producers
0:19	Executive producers Michele Wolkoff, John J. Kelly, Simon Kinberg, Seth Grahame-Smith	Executive producers
0:23	Director of photography Caleb Deschanel, ASC	Director of photography from the American Society of Cinematographers
0:25	Production Designer François Audouy	Production designer
0:28	Film Editor William Hoy, A.C.E.	Film editor from the American Cinema Editors (an esteemed film editing society
0:30	Costume Designers Carlo Poggioli, Varya Audyushko	Costume designers
0:34	Music by Henry Jackman	Musical director
0:37	Associate producers Kathleen A. Switzer, Derek Frey	Associate producers
0:41	Benjamin Walker	Lead actor
0:44	Dominic Cooper	Supporting actor
0:47	Anthony Mackie	Supporting actor
0:50	Mary Elizabeth Winstead	Leading actress
0:53	Rufus Sewell	Actor
0:56	Marton Csokas	Actor
0:58	Jimmi Simpson	Actor
1:01	Joseph Mawlie, Robin McLeavy	Actors
1:05	Casting by Mindy Martin, CSA	Casting
1:10	A Twentieth Century Fox Presentation	Production company/funding
1:12	In Association with Dune Entertainment	Funding company
1:15	A Burton/Bekmambetov/Lemley Production	Production company/studio
1:18	A Timur Bekmambetov Film	Director
1:22	Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter	Film title

There is a definite difference between the opening credits to British films vs. the opening credits of American films.  In "Dorian Gray", a British film, the opening credits are more focussed on crediting the production and financing companies, followed by the actors, and does not acknowledge the creative team (director, casting, costume) at all. They were very short, only about 45 seconds. In contrast, in "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter", the opening credits concentrate on first recognising the actors, directors and creative team and end with the production/financing companies. The opening credits were much longer, almost two minutes long. Both opening sequences showed the title of the film at the end, which was probably the only similarity. "Dorian Gray" was funded by numerous companies, however it still had the lower budget of the two films. "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" was only funded by two main companies, though its budget was more than twice the size than that of "Dorian Gray".  This is important to note, as it explicitly demonstrates the difference between the two film industries; the British, with lower budget and need for numerous financiers to get a decent budget, and the American, funded lavishly with the need for only a couple of financiers.