Research guides: CIN230: The Business of Film: Finding Business & Boxoffice Data

Box Office Numbers

If you can't find the information you need, search Newspapers or Trade Journals / Publications to see if the numbers are reported in articles or news items. Look for articles reporting distribution processes, costs for theatres, and film festivals.

The Numbers
The Numbers provides detailed movie financial analysis, including box office, DVD and Blu-ray sales reports, and release schedules.
> Search tool is located on the right side of the webpage, below links.
Box Office Mojo - Daily Box Office - US
Box Office Mojo is theonline box-office reporting service that is owned and operated by IMDb.
Box Office Mojo - International
Box Office Mojo is the online box-office reporting service that is owned and operated by IMDb. The Intenational statistics are only available by Territory at for the following time periods: Weekend Box Office, Opening Weekend, Yearly Box Office.
Tribute - Box Office Results for Top 20 Movies in North America
>> Lists Weekend Box Office for Top 20 Movies in North America (current date only)
***AVOID using quotation marks unless part of film title.
Boxoffice Pro
Online version, from 2011 - current date
Boxoffice Pro is a film industry magazine dedicated to the movie theatre business.
Box Office
(1936-2011)
Statista - Box Office Statistics
Great range of filters for you to narrow your results by location, date and more.

Statistics and Data for Film Industry

Statista - Radio, TV & Film
>> This link will take you to the Radio, TV & Film section (click "Show all 55 topics" incl. Disney, Box Office, Oscars, Film industry by country, Media Piracy).
>> Statista is a statistics portal with the latest statistics and facts on 170 industries and 50 countries that gathers data from market reports, trade publications, scientific journals and government databases. It is searchable by data type, country, region, industry, publication date, and archived status.
>> TV, Video & Film home page has links to: Overview, Industry Insights, Market size, Market segments, Industry trends, Industry leaders, State of the industry, Industry Definition
Statistica: Film Industry - Statistics & Facts
Statistics on the Topic: Key global industry figures, Key U.S. industry figures, Film studios, Movie theaters, Digital and 3D cinema, Movies Audience, Actors Diversity, Academy Awards
Ontario Media Development Corporation: Research and Industry Information - Production Statistics
Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), an agency of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport is the central catalyst for the province’s cultural media cluster including film, television and interactive digital media industries.
Industry Canada. Information and Cultural Industries
Click on an industry sector and look up Canadian Company profiles using the a-z directory.
Statistics Canada. Film and Video
View Canadian Government's statistics on Film, television and video production (Canada or by province)
Statistics Canada. Motion Picture Theatres
Survey of Service Industries: Motion Picture Theatres
European Audiovisual Observatory
The Observatory provides information on the various audiovisual markets in Europe and their financing. It also analyses and reports on the legal issues affecting the different sectors of the audiovisual industry including film, TV and media.
>> Focus: World Film Market available under Market Tab
Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media: Research Reports
The Institute compiles reports on industry topics related to gender disparity both on screen and behind the camera.

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