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Theatrical Superhero Film Success Data
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Explore the box-office performance and supplemental details of theatrically released films adapted from the core superhero universes of Marvel Comics and DC Comics. This collection provides financial data, release information, and critical reception metrics for superhero movies, excluding television specials or projects without a wide theatrical release. It is designed for analysing trends in the superhero film genre, comparing the performance of different franchises, and understanding the factors that contribute to a film's commercial success and critical acclaim.
Columns
- Film: The title of the film in the U.S. market.
- U.S. release date: The date the film was first released to the general public in the United States.
- Box office gross Domestic (U.S. and Canada): Total gross earnings in U.S. dollars from the United States and Canada.
- Box office gross Other territories: Total gross earnings in U.S. dollars from all international markets.
- Box office gross Worldwide: The sum of domestic and international gross earnings in U.S. dollars.
- Budget: The production budget of the film in U.S. dollars, excluding marketing costs.
- MCU: A Boolean value indicating if the film is part of the main Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline at the time of its release.
- Phase: The designated phase of the MCU the film belongs to.
- Distributor: The film studio that distributed the movie in the United States.
- MPAA Rating: The age rating assigned by the Motion Picture Association.
- Length: The film's runtime in hours, minutes, and seconds for its U.S. theatrical cut.
- Minutes: The film's runtime presented exclusively in minutes.
- Franchise: Indicates whether the film is based on a Marvel or DC property.
- Character family: The primary character group the film's protagonist belongs to.
- Domestic %: The percentage of the worldwide gross generated from the domestic market.
- Gross to Budget: The ratio of the worldwide gross to the production budget.
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score: The average "Tomatometer" score from professional critics.
- Male/Female-led: A subjective classification of the protagonist's gender.
- Year: The calendar year of the film's U.S. theatrical release.
- Inflation Adjusted Worldwide Gross: The worldwide gross adjusted for inflation to 2023 U.S. dollars.
- Inflation Adjusted Budget: The production budget adjusted for inflation to 2023 U.S. dollars.
- 2.5x prod: The production budget multiplied by 2.5, a rule of thumb for theatrical profitability.
- Break Even: A binary value indicating if the worldwide gross exceeded the 2.5x production budget metric.
Distribution
The data is available in a single CSV file,
dc_marvel_movie_performance.csv, with a size of 26.16 kB. The dataset contains 114 records and 23 columns.Usage
This data can be used for market analysis of the superhero film industry, academic research into film economics, or data-driven journalism. It is suitable for creating visualisations that compare box office performance over time, analysing the correlation between critical scores and financial success, and exploring the impact of production budgets on profitability.
Coverage
The dataset covers theatrically released films from 1978 to 2024. Geographically, it focuses on the U.S. market for release dates and distributor information, while box office figures are broken down into domestic (U.S. & Canada) and international territories. The data also includes demographic insights through MPAA ratings and a subjective classification of films by the gender of their lead characters.
License
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Who Can Use It
- Film Industry Analysts: To track and compare the financial performance of major studio releases and franchises.
- Data Scientists: To build predictive models for box office success based on factors like budget, genre, and critical reception.
- Academics and Researchers: For studies on popular culture, media economics, and franchise filmmaking.
- Journalists and Bloggers: To create content and articles analysing trends in the superhero movie genre.
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Original Data Source:Theatrical Superhero Film Success Data
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