The Positive Buzz Chart
Calculating the Weekend Box Office's Hottest Tickets |
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November 14, 2005 (Updated on Monday evenings) |
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1
Pride and Prejudice
Average Sales per Theater: $13,325
Metacritic Score: 83
IMDb Average: 7.4
Weeks in Release: 1 | Last Week's Rank: --
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Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic
Average Sales per Theater: $17,782
Metacritic Score: 62
IMDb Average: 7.8
Weeks in Release: 1 | Last Week's Rank: --
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3
Capote
Average Sales per Theater: $4,508
Metacritic Score: 89
IMDb Average: 8.3
Weeks in Release: 7 | Last Week's Rank: 2
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Chicken Little
Average Sales per Theater: $8,653
Metacritic Score: 48
IMDb Average: 6.0
Weeks in Release: 2 | Last Week's Rank: 3
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5
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Average Sales per Theater: $3,744
Metacritic Score: 80
IMDb Average: 8.1
Weeks in Release: 6 | Last Week's Rank: 4
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The Squid and the Whale
Average Sales per Theater: $4,565
Metacritic Score: 81
IMDb Average: 7.7
Weeks in Release: 6 | Last Week's Rank: 6
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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Average Sales per Theater: $4,649
Metacritic Score: 72
IMDb Average: 7.9
Weeks in Release: 4 | Last Week's Rank: 7
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Zathura
Average Sales per Theater: $4,166
Metacritic Score: 67
IMDb Average: 6.9
Weeks in Release: 1 | Last Week's Rank: --
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Jarhead
Average Sales per Theater: $4,795
Metacritic Score: 57
IMDb Average: 7.4
Weeks in Release: 2 | Last Week's Rank: 1
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The Passenger
Average Sales per Theater: $4,488
Metacritic Score: 8.9
IMDb Average: 7.5
Weeks in Release: 3 | Last Week's Rank: 5
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Shopgirl
Average Sales per Theater: $3,655
Metacritic Score: 8.9
IMDb Average: 7.5
Weeks in Release: 4 | Last Week's Rank: 8
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Derailed
Average Sales per Theater: $5,002
Metacritic Score: 40
IMDb Average: 6.6
Weeks in Release: 1 | Last Week's Rank: --
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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:
Walk the Line
Breakfast on Pluto
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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