Sample queries: Box Office

Get started with our box office data learning about lifetime grosses, regional results, and weekend returns.

Please note that these are only supported on the Box Office API Product

Example 1

International Opening Gross

IMDb Box Office dataset contains US domestic and international grosses along with the production budget - making it easy to determine which films turned a profit in their worldwide take. To query the opening weekend gross internationally for WALL-E:

QUERY
RESULT

query {
  # Get WALL·E
  title(id: "tt0910970") {
    # Get the international opening weekend gross for WALL·E
    openingWeekendGross(boxOfficeArea: INTERNATIONAL) {
      gross {
        total {
          amount
          currency
        }
      }
      # Get the date of the opening weekend end date
      weekendEndDate
    }
  }
}

Result size: 119 bytes

The response returns $3,159,079 in USD.

Example 2

International Opening Gross

To query for the international lifetime gross for Fight Club:

QUERY
RESULT

query {
  # Get Fight Club
  title(id: "tt0137523") {
    # Get the lifetime gross for Fight Club in North America
    lifetimeGross(boxOfficeArea: INTERNATIONAL) {
      total {
        amount
        currency
      }
    }
  }
}

Result size: 74 bytes

The response returns $64,179,600 in USD.

Example 3

Production Budget

To query for the production budget for Fight Club:

QUERY
RESULT

query {
  # Get Fight Club
  title(id: "tt0137523") {
    # Get the production budget for Fight Club
    productionBudget {
      budget {
        amount
        currency
      }
    }
  }
}

Result size: 78 bytes

The response returns $63,000,000 in USD.

Example 4

Ranked Lifetime Gross

To query the international lifetime gross rank for Titanic:

QUERY
RESULT

query {
  # Get Titanic 
  title(id: "tt0120338") {
    rankedLifetimeGross(boxOfficeArea: INTERNATIONAL) {
      boxOfficeAreaType {
        code
        text
      }
      rank
      total {
        amount
        currency
      }
    }
  }
}

Result size: 151 bytes

The response returns that Titanic has an international lifetime gross of $1,590,450,697 in USD and grossed 4th internationally.

Example 5

Ranked Lifetime Grosses By Area

To query the lifetime gross rank for Titanic both worldwide and within Italy:

QUERY
RESULT

query {
  # Get Titanic
  title(id: "tt0120338") {
    rankedLifetimeGrosses(
      first: 2
      filter: { boxOfficeAreaCodes: ["XWW", "IT"] }
    ) {
      edges {
        node {
          boxOfficeAreaType {
            code
            text
          }
          rank
          total {
            amount
            currency
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Result size: 283 bytes

The response returns two items. Globally, Titanic has a lifetime gross of $2,264,743,305 in USD and is ranked 4th. In Italy, Titanic has a lifetime gross of $67,953,353 in USD and is ranked 5th.

Sample Queries - Search

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