A Peek Into Netflix Queues

[gogo]

For twelve big cities, a map of the relative popularity of the 100-most rented movies on Netflix for 2009: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/01/10/nyregion/20100110-netflix-map.html?nl=&emc=ura3

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In my zip code, the 10 most rented movies of the year were

1. Milk

2. Benjamin Button

3. Slumdog Millionaire

4. Burn After Reading

5. The Wrestler

6. Rachel Getting Married

7. Doubt

8. Twilight

9. Changeling

10. Gran Torino

[u2roolz]

Interesting list. Here are the U.S. grosses for these 10 films.

In my head, it would make sense that the least grossing films in the box office would be the most requested. Or to put it a different way, the movie released in the least amount of theaters.

The ones that make sense to me are: Milk, Burn After Reading, The Wrestler, Rachel Getting Married, & Changeling.

It should be interesting to see how they match up.

Let's take a look shall we?

 

1. Milk $31.8 million

2. Benjamin Button $127.5 million

3. Slumdog Millionaire $141.3 million

4. Burn After Reading $60.3 million

5. The Wrestler $26.2 million

6. Rachel Getting Married $12.7 million

7. Doubt $33.4 million

8. Twilight $191.4 million

9. Changeling $35.7 million

10. Gran Torino $148 million

 

PS I just read that this is for gogo's current town/city.

Damn. All for naught.

[gogo]

Yeah, it's mostly just interesting from a micro-demographic standpoint. What is my neighborhood watching vs. a neighborhood across town, that kind of thing.

[watch me fall]

I just did this yesterday! Let's just say I have nothing in common with the people in my zip code.