Movies and Numbers

Oscar Predictions

After much mulling it over, reading, but mostly just despairing that I can’t have my way in just one category, I’ve compiled my final predictions for Sunday night’s awards.

For each category I’ve listed the nominees, which movies in the category I haven’t seen, who I…

Best Picture Nominees Theater Performance

For the last data analysis I ended up having time to do before the show tonight I wanted to look at how well movies have performed in theaters and at the box office. Some people consider Oscar movies to be critically acclaimed but not necessarily well…

2016 Oscar Nominations: Release Data

If you ever feel like all of the movies that get Oscar nominations seem to come out at the same time, then you wouldn’t be wrong. This year I noticed the first few Oscar movies trickling out in October, which then picked up (what felt like) drastically in November…