Movie Data Analysis

Introduction

What makes a movie successful? A film can succeed financially by earning high revenue, or it can succeed with audiences by receiving strong ratings. These outcomes do not always overlap.

This webpage examines 50 movies using eight variables: revenue, original language, title, popularity, average rating, vote count, genre, and runtime. The goal is to identify patterns connected to commercial success and audience approval while highlighting movies that challenge those patterns.

The analysis focuses on two definitions of success:
Commercial success: Higher worldwide revenue
Audience success: Higher average viewer rating

Because this dataset is a selected sample rather than a complete record of all movies, the findings show relationships only within these 50 films.


Movie Data


revenue original_language original_title popularity vote_average vote_count genre runtime
1450026933 en Frozen II 166.097 7.3 7740 ['Family', 'Animation', 'Adventure', 'Comedy', 'Fantasy'] 103
1131927996 en Spider-Man: Far From Home 273.535 7.5 10893 ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Science Fiction'] 129
956019788 en The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 149.368 7.3 11435 ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Fantasy'] 144
890871626 en Spider-Man 3 236.031 6.3 10473 ['Fantasy', 'Action', 'Adventure'] 139
876688482 en Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 216.882 7.7 17203 ['Adventure', 'Fantasy'] 161
855013954 en Venom 1212.352 6.8 12126 ['Science Fiction', 'Action'] 112
825532764 en Inception 144.741 8.3 30184 ['Action', 'Science Fiction', 'Adventure'] 148
800526015 en Coco 573.567 8.2 14756 ['Family', 'Animation', 'Fantasy', 'Music', 'Comedy', 'Adventure'] 105
721077945 en F9 701.647 7.4 4302 ['Action', 'Crime', 'Thriller'] 143
708962323 en The Amazing Spider-Man 2 221.297 6.4 9866 ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Fantasy'] 142
629443428 en Hancock 226.726 6.3 7665 ['Fantasy', 'Action'] 92
623933331 en Iron Man 2 177.523 6.8 16914 ['Adventure', 'Action', 'Science Fiction'] 124
657827828 en Big Hero 6 109.657 7.8 13112 ['Adventure', 'Family', 'Animation', 'Action', 'Comedy'] 102
473093228 en It Chapter Two 165.741 6.9 6418 ['Horror', 'Fantasy'] 169
427480601 en Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 1327.18 7.7 1414 ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Fantasy'] 132
424000000 en Venom: Let There Be Carnage 5401.308 6.8 1736 ['Science Fiction', 'Action', 'Adventure'] 97
385680446 en Star Trek 170.815 7.4 8170 ['Science Fiction', 'Action', 'Adventure'] 127
378328978 en Black Widow 624.488 7.7 5823 ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Science Fiction'] 134
348319861 en The Maze Runner 204.576 7.2 13987 ['Action', 'Mystery', 'Science Fiction', 'Thriller'] 113
331116356 en Dune 2911.423 8 3632 ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Science Fiction'] 155
331096766 en Free Guy 1850.47 7.8 3493 ['Comedy', 'Action', 'Adventure', 'Science Fiction'] 115
278019771 en Scary Movie 143.834 6.3 5152 ['Comedy'] 88
233274812 en Cruella 510.735 8.3 5879 ['Comedy', 'Crime'] 134
226497209 en Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 172.953 6.2 6008 ['Adventure', 'Fantasy', 'Family'] 118
213644366 en Jungle Cruise 683.909 7.8 3111 ['Adventure', 'Fantasy', 'Comedy', 'Action'] 127
167381210 en The Suicide Squad 807.497 7.8 4695 ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Fantasy'] 132
165000000 en Eternals 3365.535 7.1 622 ['Action', 'Adventure', 'Science Fiction', 'Fantasy'] 157
148810604 en Space Jam: A New Legacy 525.266 7.3 2550 ['Animation', 'Comedy', 'Family', 'Science Fiction'] 115
132000000 en Tom & Jerry 232.966 7.1 1831 ['Comedy', 'Family', 'Animation'] 101
121000000 en PAW Patrol: The Movie 596.854 7.7 660 ['Animation', 'Family', 'Adventure', 'Comedy'] 86
118852075 en Halloween Kills 1023.024 7 1134 ['Horror', 'Thriller'] 105
112000000 en The Boss Baby: Family Business 761.177 7.7 1582 ['Animation', 'Comedy', 'Adventure', 'Family'] 107
103966489 en Wrath of Man 541.957 7.8 2598 ['Action', 'Crime', 'Thriller'] 119
93258233 en The Addams Family 2 1031.821 7.4 562 ['Animation', 'Comedy', 'Family'] 93
83601013 en Mortal Kombat 495.192 7.3 4000 ['Action', 'Fantasy', 'Adventure'] 110
69497587 en After 239.301 7.2 6704 ['Romance', 'Drama'] 106
50671850 en Bride of Chucky 175.452 5.9 1302 ['Horror', 'Comedy', 'Romance'] 89
49010641 en Luca 639.636 8 5020 ['Animation', 'Comedy', 'Family', 'Fantasy'] 95
44888959 en Escape Room: Tournament of Champions 174.019 6.9 709 ['Horror', 'Thriller', 'Mystery'] 88
42105111 en Zack and Miri Make a Porno 127.583 6.3 1757 ['Comedy'] 102
40200000 ja BORUTO -NARUTO THE MOVIE- 229.477 7.7 917 ['Animation', 'Action', 'Comedy'] 95
36964325 en Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins 1052.222 6.9 786 ['Action', 'Adventure'] 121
124596398 en Coraline 111.854 7.8 5356 ['Animation', 'Family', 'Fantasy'] 100
19000000 en After We Fell 625.512 7.4 766 ['Romance', 'Drama'] 99
11620603 en The Many Saints of Newark 593.17 6.8 201 ['Crime', 'Drama'] 120
8115215 en The Protege 832.048 6.8 330 ['Action', 'Crime', 'Thriller'] 109
3468053 es A todo tren: destino Asturias 186.728 4.7 33 ['Comedy', 'Family'] 90
2200000 en Cult of Chucky 149.692 5.8 800 ['Horror', 'Thriller'] 91
344931 en Gunpowder Milkshake 1453.423 6.5 347 ['Action', 'Thriller', 'Crime'] 114
250811 en Werewolves Within 225.012 6.1 179 ['Comedy', 'Horror'] 97

Analysis



Insight 1

Movie Revenue Rating Vote Count
Inception $825.5 million 8.3 30,184
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets $876.7 million 7.7 17,203
Coco $800.5 million 8.2 14,756
Cult of Chucky $2.2 million 5.8 800
Werewolves Within $250,811 6.1 179

Wide audience engagement is closely connected to revenue. Vote count, aka number of ratings, has the strongest relationship with revenue among the numerical variables in the dataset. The correlation between vote count and revenue is approximately 0.71, indicating that movies with more audience votes tend to earn more money.

Movies in the highest revenue quartile received high amounts of votes such as 30,184 or 17.203 votes, compared with only 800 or 179 votes for movies in the lowest quartile.

Insight 2

Movie Revenue Average Rating
Inception $825.5 million 8.3
Coco $800.5 million 8.2
Cruella $233.3 million 8.3
Luca $49.0 million 8.0
Spider-Man 3 $890.9 million 6.3
Hancock $629.4 million 6.3

A high rating does not guarantee high revenueAverage rating has only a weak positive relationship with revenue, with a correlation of approximately 0.20. Some highly rated movies earned hundreds of millions of dollars, but others earned much less. At the same time, several lower-rated movies were major commercial successes.

Luca received an 8.0 rating but earned only $49 million in recorded revenue, while Spider-Man 3 earned almost $891 million with a rating of 6.3. Factors not included in the dataset—such as franchise recognition, marketing, release strategy, theater availability, and streaming distribution—may help explain these differences.


Glossary


original_language
Values in this column are ISO 639-1 codes of languages. I.e. 'en' for 'English' , 'hi' for 'Hindi' etc.
original_title
Title of the movie.
popularity
Popularity of movie. Bigger the number , higher the popularity.
vote_average
Average of rating/vote for the movie.
vote_count
Number of ratings/vote recorded for the movie.
genre
Genre of the movie.
revenue
Revenue of Movie
runtime
Runtime of movie in minutes.