Comments on: Visualization: movie box office data http://boingboing.net/2008/02/25/visualization-movie.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 14:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: FineTuning http://boingboing.net/2008/02/25/visualization-movie.html#comment-132121 FineTuning Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-132121 This reminds me of LastGraph, a cool visualization tool for your Last.fm listening habits. It looks very similar. It can be found at http://lastgraph.aeracode.org/ You may want to see a screenshot of the result here: http://finetuning.free.fr/wp-content/lastgraph.jpg This reminds me of LastGraph, a cool visualization tool for your Last.fm listening habits. It looks very similar.
It can be found at http://lastgraph.aeracode.org/

You may want to see a screenshot of the result here:
http://finetuning.free.fr/wp-content/lastgraph.jpg

]]> By: Rob Cockerham http://boingboing.net/2008/02/25/visualization-movie.html#comment-131718 Rob Cockerham Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-131718 Man, that is awesome. I love that they used the area above and below the horizontal. That is brilliant. Man, that is awesome. I love that they used the area above and below the horizontal. That is brilliant.

]]> By: ElTimbalino http://boingboing.net/2008/02/25/visualization-movie.html#comment-135048 ElTimbalino Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-135048 What is most revealing is the segment for 'Juno.' Most of the other segments spike quickly and then trail away at varying speeds to nothing. Juno spiked very slowly and then found a steady trail and still remains the most significant band at the end of the graph. I wouldn't be surprised if it gets up again in the next holiday season. I wonder if the amount of money spent marketing a movie could be overlaid in a meaningful way. What is most revealing is the segment for ‘Juno.’ Most of the other segments spike quickly and then trail away at varying speeds to nothing.

Juno spiked very slowly and then found a steady trail and still remains the most significant band at the end of the graph.

I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets up again in the next holiday season.

I wonder if the amount of money spent marketing a movie could be overlaid in a meaningful way.

]]> By: Doug Nelson http://boingboing.net/2008/02/25/visualization-movie.html#comment-131738 Doug Nelson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-131738 They should track ticket sales, not BO dollars They should track ticket sales, not BO dollars

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/02/25/visualization-movie.html#comment-132046 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-132046 you need a real time graphic that shows commenting/reading traffic on each thread you need a real time graphic that shows commenting/reading traffic on each thread

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