Empire Magazine Front Cover Analysis

This is a front cover from Empire magazine. Empire is a British film magazine published monthly. It is the biggest selling film magazine in Britain and it focuses mainly on mainstream Hollywood blockbusters.

• The dominant image of Superman immediately suggests it is a mainstream magazine as most people know who this is as he is an A-list actor.
• The cover lines refer to films/series such as Star Wars, The Walking Dead and Batman vs Superman which are all high budget blockbusters and extremely well-known.
• The font for the masthead; square and bold, similar to total film, is a powerful, dominant red and represents this genre of magazine.