Author: Dan Gardner

Another year behind us and what do we have to show for it? Personally, I’d say it was a moderately disappointing year for movies. But the numbers from the Peeple’s Poll say otherwise. I selected the top 52 movies—because there are 52 weeks in a year—from the past few years and got their average Final…

By any standard, Oppenheimer was a box-office hit. It was also a critically acclaimed movie racking up high ratings. Here we break down the expectation and final rating for the movie across different age groups and genders. The first thing that stands out is that the movie performed better than expectation for all age groups…

Barbie was one of the pop culture hits of 2023. Before it came out, I don’t think anyone knew what to expect. After it came out, many people didn’t know what to think. It certainly broke expectations by a wide margin, especially the expectations of women. You can see in the chart below that Barbie…