Data Stories: Exploring Cinema with Data Visualizations
Film is already a visual medium. What is gained by using data visualization techniques to compare quality, look at box office returns, and explore storylines?
- By Upside Staff
- October 9, 2019
Don’t have all night to binge a new show? These fun charts plot the length of a movie against various measures of critical and financial success in an effort to find the highest quality versus duration. Change the selected metric with the tabs at the bottom.
![box office results](/-/media/TDWI/Upside/newsletters/2019/10/100919VizFranchiseBoxOffice.jpg?h=265&w=500&hash=E63B252CC2F83AFED188FD5AE6A6A5C0)
Have time for a whole series? This video animates the cumulative box office returns for various movie franchises over time.
![MCU visualization](/-/media/TDWI/Upside/newsletters/2019/10/100919VizMCU.jpg?h=161&w=500&hash=02D1C566C9DD6F43A480A5D7A9D12110)
Having trouble visualizing the scope of the Marvel Cinematic Universe? This colorful interactive chart shows how the major characters interact across the massive superhero film series.