The Positive Buzz Chart
Calculating the Weekend Box Office's Hottest Tickets |
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December 5, 2005 (Updated on Monday evenings) |
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Syriana
Average Sales per Theater: $57,935
Metacritic Score: 77
IMDb Average: 6.9
Weeks in Release: 2 | Last Week's Rank: 2
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Harry Potter
and the Goblet of Fire
Average Sales per Theater: $5,152
Metacritic Score: 81
IMDb Average: 7.9
Weeks in Release: 3 | Last Week's Rank: 1
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Transamerica
Average Sales per Theater: $23,454
Metacritic Score: 68
IMDb Average: 8.4
Weeks in Release: 1 | Last Week's Rank: --
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Pride and Prejudice
Average Sales per Theater: $3,308
Metacritic Score: 82
IMDb Average: 7.5
Weeks in Release: 4 | Last Week's Rank: 4
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Walk the Line
Average Sales per Theater: $3,016
Metacritic Score: 72
IMDb Average: 8.0
Weeks in Release: 3 | Last Week's Rank: 3
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Capote
Average Sales per Theater: $2,217
Metacritic Score: 89
IMDb Average: 8.2
Weeks in Release: 10 | Last Week's Rank: 5
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The Squid and the Whale
Average Sales per Theater: $3,012
Metacritic Score: 82
IMDb Average: 7.8
Weeks in Release: 9 | Last Week's Rank: 6
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Good Night, and Good Luck.
Average Sales per Theater: $1,669
Metacritic Score: 80
IMDb Average: 8.1
Weeks in Release: 9 | Last Week's Rank: 8
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Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic
Average Sales per Theater: $3,770
Metacritic Score: 65
IMDb Average: 7.4
Weeks in Release: 4 | Last Week's Rank: 12
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The Passenger
Average Sales per Theater: $2,207
Metacritic Score: 92
IMDb Average: 7.5
Weeks in Release: 6 | Last Week's Rank: 11
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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Average Sales per Theater: $1,555
Metacritic Score: 72
IMDb Average: 7.9
Weeks in Release: | Last Week's Rank: --
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Aeon Flux
Average Sales per Theater: $4,854
Metacritic Score: 37
IMDb Average: 5.7
Weeks in Release: 7 | Last Week's Rank: --
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It was a sparse weekend for new releases with only two chart debuts this week. Transamerica, starring Felicity Huffman as a man-turned-woman, enters at a respectable third. Critics have generally liked the film but that fact that the film stars a Desperate Housewife in a daring role certainly helped its profile. Charlize Theron's Aeon Flux barely managed to squeeze onto the chart at #12. The film has gotten terrible reviews, but still drew a decent amount of theater-goers.
Syriana was able to overtake Harry Potter for the top spot on the Buzz chart. In its second week and now in 9 theaters, the controversial look at the oil-business had another amazing average ticket sales per theater.
Chart staple Capote, Good Night and Good Luck. and The Squid and the Whale are holding a steady place in the center of the chart and each film has proven it has deserved its long-standing attention. All three received multiple Independent Spirit Award nominations last week. But with a parade of Oscar-hungry December releases, the trio's chart days may be numbered.
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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:
Brokeback Mountain
Memoirs of a Geisha
Mrs. Henderson Presents
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