The Positive Buzz Chart
Calculating the Weekend Box Office's Hottest Tickets |
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October 10, 2005 (Updated on Monday evenings) |
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1
Capote
Average Sales per Theater: $16,488
Metacritic Score: 90
IMDB Average: 8.1
Weeks in Release: 2 | Last Week's Rank: 1
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2
Good Night, and Good Luck
Average Sales per Theater: $38,313
Metacritic Score: 80
IMDB Average: 7.9
Weeks in Release: 1 | Last Week's Rank: --
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3
The Squid and the Whale
Average Sales per Theater: $32,461
Metacritic Score: 81
IMDB Average: 6.6
Weeks in Release: 1 | Last Week's Rank: --
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4
Wallace & Gromit:
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Average Sales per Theater: $4,396
Metacritic Score: 81
IMDB Average: 6.6
Weeks in Release: 1 | Last Week's Rank: --
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5
Little Manhattan
Average Sales per Theater: $15,300
Metacritic Score: 53
IMDB Average: 4.9
Weeks in Release: 2 | Last Week's Rank: 4
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6
A History of Violence
Average Sales per Theater: $3,781
Metacritic Score: 82
IMDB Average: 7.8
Weeks in Release: 3 | Last Week's Rank: 2
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7
Serenity
Average Sales per Theater: $2,444
Metacritic Score: 74
IMDB Average: 8.5
Weeks in Release: 2 | Last Week's Rank: 3
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8
Grizzly Man
Average Sales per Theater: $1,232
Metacritic Score: 86
IMDB Average: 8.3
Weeks in Release: 9 | Last Week's Rank: 8
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9
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Average Sales per Theater: $2,167
Metacritic Score: 83
IMDB Average: 7.5
Weeks in Release: 4 | Last Week's Rank: 6
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10
The Constant Gardener
Average Sales per Theater: $1,817
Metacritic Score: 82
IMDB Average: 7.7
Weeks in Release: 6 | Last Week's Rank: 12
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In Her Shoes
Average Sales per Theater: $3,567
Metacritic Score: 60
IMDB Average: 7.5
Weeks in Release: 1 | Last Week's Rank: --
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March of the Penguins
Average Sales per Theater: $1,003
Metacritic Score: 80
IMDB Average: 8.0
Weeks in Release: 16 | Last Week's Rank: --
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Falling off the chart: Proof (3 weeks on the chart), Mirrormask (1), Duma (1), Separate Lies (1), The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (1)
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It was a close three-way race for the top spot on this week's chart. New and acclaimed indie films George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck and Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale both had strong opening weekends, but they weren't able to knock out reigning buzz king Capote, which earned $16,488 per theater this weekend.
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit was the top grossing movie at the weekend box office
and debuts at #4 on the buzz chart. Followed by Little Manhattan which continues to do very well on two New York screens.
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"Buzz" is a pretty tough thing to try to measure. But that doesn't stop a statistics-loving boy from giving it a shot.
Using box office ticket sales data, Metacritic scores and user votes from IMDB, I've created a formula that combines popular demand with opinion ratings. The result is a chart that includes quality films (which can only rank highly if they do well in theaters) and seat-fillers (which can only stick around on the chart if they get good reviews).
In other words, these are the films that in the past week have succeeded in enjoying the most positive attention from both critics and audiences.
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Next week's most likely films to reach the chart:
Elizabethtown
Where the Truth Lies
Nine Lives
Domino
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