Recent articles on the Film Data Blog
Each week I look at a different film industry topic, focusing on the data and
statistics to reveal what’s really going on.
Which film jobs have the greatest overlap?
In my previous article, I looked at the number of people who have only worked once in key film jobs and departments across their whole career. A number of readers got in touch to ask how frequently people work in multiple positions across their career. If it were commonplace for people to work within more […]
What percentage of film crew members only work on one film?
Many outsiders to the movie industry would regard the chance to be part of the crew making a movie as a once in a lifetime experience. Little do they know, for the majority of people who actually get that chance, it quite literally is! I have written before about how only about a third of […]
Do film critics punish films with bigger budgets?
Last week, a reader reached out to ask a question around film reviews. They were discussing the critical reaction to Tenet with friends and one suggested that many of the poor reviews were unreliable as they were the typical reaction snotty film critics have towards big-budget movies. The reader asked what the data reveals on […]
Do films with positive messages make more money than those without?
One of the features I love most about movies is their ability to give us shared stories which entertain, inspire and soothe us. And in trying times, this function becomes ever more essential. In the 1940s, musicals provided a colourful escape from war, stories of rebellion in the 1970s gave hope to audiences losing faith […]