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 Box Office Mojo Home Page |
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| URL | www.boxofficemojo.com |
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| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Film |
| Registration | Not compulsory |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Owner | Amazon.com |
| Created by | Brandon Gray |
| Launched | August 7, 1998 |
| Current status | Active |
Box Office Mojo is a website that tracks box office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way. Brandon Gray started the site in August 1998 and claims to now receive over one million monthly visitors.
The forums are a popular place for box office "fanatics" and is home to several popular games (Fantasy Box Office and Create A Year of Movies). Tracking is done very close to the day by day, actual tabulation by the distributors. It is possible to see the general trend of a film's "earnings trajectory".
In July 2008, the website was purchased by Amazon.com through its subsidiary the Internet Movie Database.[1][2]
Box Office Mojo International
The international section covers the weekly box office of 50 territories and includes historical box office information from three more as well as providing information for box office results for individual movies from up to 107 territories. The site also creates an overall weekend chart, combining all box office returns from around the world, excluding the United States and Canada. The overall weekend chart currently tracks the Top 40 films as well as about fifty additional films with no ranking.
Box Office Mojo International also reports the release schedule of upcoming movies for Australia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia and the CIS, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. The site also has yearly and all time features for its various territories. Box Office Mojo are currently (June 2009) reporting limited data from overseas and are 'work(ing) on improvements.'
References
- ^ Engleman, Eric (2008-12-17). "Amazon's IMDb movie trivia site acquires rival Box Office Mojo". TechFlash. http://www.techflash.com/Amazons_IMDb_movie_trivia_site_acquires_rival_Box_Office_Mojo36320174.html. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
- ^ Fritz, Ben (2008-12-15). "IMDB links up with Box Office Mojo". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997423.html?categoryid=18&cs=1. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
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