MovieMan89 Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) Have we really been reduced to comparing IMDB ratings? Bitch, please...Well point me somewhere else where we can find the average rating of half a million movie goers for those movies. Like it or not, IMDB is about as good as we have when it comes to general audience opinion. Edited April 15, 2012 by MovieMan89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Well point me somewhere else where we can find the average rating of half a million movie goers for those movies. Like it or not, IMDB is about as good as we have when it comes to general audience opinion.There's no really good method. IMDB itself is not particularly good because it's not representative of all moviegoers at all: by its very nature, it's highly slanted towards younger, computer-savvy, Internet-literate people. And so, very obviously, movies that aim at those viewers get the highest ratings: recent blockbusters or "cool" movies get abnormally high ratings. When you add in the fact that fanboys of various sorts have all kinds of voting campaigns, it's really just a mess, not good at any type of precision at all. If you want to vaguely say whether a movie was liked or disliked, it's fine. But for any type of nuance it's useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I look to IMDB for cast and crew, that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) I look to IMDB for cast and crew, that's it.And ironically enough, it's not even particularly good for that, especially for TV. I know lots of people who have way more credits than what shows up on IMDB. Edited April 15, 2012 by Telemachos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACCA Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) I must admit I underestimated the legs of Hunger Games. It is holding better than I expected, and now looks like it should pass 350M domestic without too much trouble. This is great for Lions Gate, they deserve the success. I still remain a bit puzzled as to how and why Hunger Games is this popular, as the film itself has a lot of problems. I didn't like the film personally. Then again, the film does have elements that would draw in Potter or Twilight fans, and there is a huge number of fans of the Hunger Books. Unlike the Twilight films though, Hunger Games doesn't seem to be as popular overseas. Percentage-wise it's much more popular in North America than overseas. Edited April 15, 2012 by ACCA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 where is Nikki ?Still no update for Saturday,so boring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Its just not interesting enough for her i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 She wont update anymore this weekend. estimates will directly comes for rents this night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackspider Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Damn I come home from an eight hour shift hoping to see some numbers and then go to bed. But it looks like Nikki is already getting her Z's. Time to crash and wait till the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goosenman Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) Perhaps the wrong place, but who actually issues the numbers? I understand that the studio issue them obviously, but to whom? As in, where do they actually appear first?I tend to follow Boxoffice.com on Twitter, along with Box office Guru and ERC. Edited April 15, 2012 by goosenman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I must admit I underestimated the legs of Hunger Games. It is holding better than I expected, and now looks like it should pass 350M domestic without too much trouble. This is great for Lions Gate, they deserve the success. I still remain a bit puzzled as to how and why Hunger Games is this popular, as the film itself has a lot of problems. I didn't like the film personally. Then again, the film does have elements that would draw in Potter or Twilight fans, and there is a huge number of fans of the Hunger Books. Unlike the Twilight films though, Hunger Games doesn't seem to be as popular overseas. Percentage-wise it's much more popular in North America than overseas.It will gross more than the first TWILIGHT film overseas, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Perhaps the wrong place, but who actually issues the numbers? I understand that the studio issue them obviously, but to whom? As in, where do they actually appear first?I tend to follow Boxoffice.com on Twitter, along with Box office Guru and ERC.Rentrak is the source of box office.http://www.rentrak.com/They report data to studios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goosenman Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Rentrak is the source of box office.http://www.rentrak.com/They report data to studios.Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
