Visualizing the box office
I’m a sucker for many things, and one of the elements on the long list is good visualization.
And when well-drawn imagery accompanies in an interesting subject, my interest is piqued even further.
New York Times’ recent interactive take on domestic box office take for more than two decades is enlightening. Movie runs have run much shorter recently - check out Lion King (1994) against the last summer’s Transformers - one stretched beyond six months, the other clocking in within thirty days. A hover-over ought to list the actual receipts and other tidbits, right now it’s just a link to the review.
A static, but still impressive show is available at the appropriately named movieposteraddict.com, the eighty Oscar winners for the best film.
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